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Stuff or Jesus?
The difference between following Jesus and fandom is made painfully obvious here. The fan puts stuff like money, people's thoughts, religious observances, and generally anything they can before Jesus.…
Created 3 months ago
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Disreputable Scum
I love the fact that each time this story is told it makes clear reference to who Jesus was with and the Pharisee's commentary about them! notice, however what Mark adds: "There were many such people…
Created 5 months ago
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Disreputable company & Jesus
I love the phrasing "disreputable company" gathering to eat with Jesus. So many of us would have issues (like the Pharisees here, oddly enough) if people like this came into our churches, yet Jesus (who…
Created 5 months ago
Matthew 9:10 (MSG), Matthew 9:11 (MSG), Matthew 9:12 (MSG), Matthew 9:13 (MSG)
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Challenging versus coddling
Jesus just bashed them over the heads & set the bar WAY high. But how many today settle for "practiced sincerity and smiles...charisma, not character" from their pastor? If a sermon doesn't push, prod,…
Created 5 months ago
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Following, not fandom!
Here's the clincher: Jesus is looking for WAY more than intellectual assent here. So are you a fan or a follower?
Created 5 months ago
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Flipant with the sacred?
I have to wonder how much of this is me? Yeah, students love my Bible studies, but is it making them deeper disciples or just entertaining them? I'd hope they get more than just a laugh at things like…
Created 5 months ago
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Trivializing the Law...
This is one I wish many in my denomination would read and accept! If we trivialize the law in any way we are forgetting who and more importantly, whose, we are. Telling someone sin isn't sin is equivalent…
Created 5 months ago
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Deeply disturbed?
This is the verse from the story that floors me. That King Herod would be concerned about this is a, "No duh." But that the people in Jerusalem were not celebrating leaves me speechless! I mean, for years…
Created 5 months ago
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God uses everyone!
If nothing else, Matthew 1 shows us that God could care less what someone has done! In the genealogy of Jesus there are several names worth noting: Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba/Solomon/David. Yeah, we know…
Created 5 months ago
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E100 Day 14: Testing
Joseph set up a rather elaborate test to determine who his brothers had become through the years. By setting the trap with Benjamin, he made sure that either his brothers hadn't learned from their previous…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 44:2 (NLT), Genesis 44:16 (NLT), Genesis 44:33 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-01-25
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E100 Day 11
This is one of the things I try to avoid profusely with my 5 kids. If I treat one in a different way I cause a LOT of friction. Is it always easy? No. I mean, our 1 yr old gets a lot more attention…
Created over 1 year ago
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E100 Day 10
There is a lot here: Jacob meets someone and wrestles them into oblivion. He can't win so he just "hangs on." In fact, he utters one of those oft used phrases in "name it/claim it" theology: "I won't…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 32:24 (NLT), Genesis 32:25 (NLT), Genesis 32:26 (NLT)
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Family...
So, Isaac this time know its Jacob and gives him specific instructions: don't marry one of the Canaanite women. The reason is obvious: they don't worship the true God. God Himself gives that instruction…
Created over 1 year ago
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E100 Day 8
As I read this story I am always amazed at Abraham's willingness, again, to simply do what God says. Previously he just got up and left his homeland and went on because God said. Now, God has been faithful…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 22:16 (NLT), Genesis 22:17 (NLT), Genesis 22:18 (NLT)
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E100 Day 6
This is one of the most amazing passage in the Bible. God speaks to Abram and he gets up and leaves. The same thing happens when Jesus calls His disciples in the NT, but here it is even more amazing.…
Created over 1 year ago
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Afraid?
This portion of the Bible has always left me with questions. Was God afraid? Was He saying that humanity could become a threat to Himself? Why would He smash humanity (His cherished creation) this…
Created over 1 year ago
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E100 Day 3
This is something we might often gloss over, instead focusing on the dominion over animals God outlines prior, but this is huge. God's reason for despising murder is put forth in black and white: it's…
Created over 1 year ago
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E100 Day 2
So, as I think about this passage it amazes me that we fall for the same reasoning so often! I mean, things are presented to us as "good" and we're asked to look at God as deceitful, and we buy it, hook…
Created over 1 year ago
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Meshing two creation accounts
This is a chunk of the Bible that occasionally gives people fits. First, because it seems to contradict itself. I mean, God created plants prior to man (day 3 versus day 6 in Ch. 1) but here we see…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 2:5 (NLT), Genesis 2:6 (NLT), Genesis 2:7 (NLT), Genesis 2:8 (NLT), Genesis 2:9 (NLT), Genesis 2:10 (NLT), Genesis 2:11 (NLT), Genesis 2:12 (NLT), Genesis 2:13 (NLT), Genesis 2:14 (NLT), Genesis 2:15 (NLT), Genesis 2:16 (NLT), Genesis 2:17 (NLT), Genesis 2:18 (NLT), Genesis 2:19 (NLT), Genesis 2:20 (NLT), Genesis 2:21 (NLT), Genesis 2:22 (NLT), Genesis 2:23 (NLT), Genesis 2:24 (NLT), Genesis 2:25 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-05
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E100- Day 1
It's amazing to me that this verse doesn't get more attention! I mean, God verbatim says He made both male and female in His image. Instead, Rob Bell gets pigeonholed for thinking about the fact that…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-05
