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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2012-03-05
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2012-01-18
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Matthew 6:5
Matthew 6:5 (TNIV)
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.Created 5 months ago
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What kind of suffering, what kind of trials?
When read in our context I think verses like this one are most often read to say something like Jesus' version of "what ever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." However I think Peter's words here…
Created 12 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-06-07
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-06-07
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The world we've been born into
We read through 1 Peter during Easter season. And here at the very beginning of the letter we come across these words in verse 3: In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through…
Created 12 months ago
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Forgiveness Ready
http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/index.php?ct=store.details&pid=V00770 (http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/index.php?ct=store.details&pid=V00770) Video from WorkofthePeople
Created over 1 year ago
Luke 17:3 (ASV), Luke 17:4 (ASV), Luke 17:5 (ASV), Luke 17:6 (ASV), Luke 17:7 (ASV), Luke 17:8 (ASV), Luke 17:9 (ASV), Luke 17:10 (ASV)
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"Jesus, you want us to do what?!? Increase our faith!"
As we've been reading through chapter 14-17 the last several weeks we have heard Jesus do some clarifying work in regards to what it means to be his disciple. There are some hard words. And on more than…
Created over 1 year ago
Luke 17:3 (ASV), Luke 17:4 (ASV), Luke 17:5 (ASV), Luke 17:6 (ASV), Luke 17:7 (ASV), Luke 17:8 (ASV), Luke 17:9 (ASV), Luke 17:10 (ASV)
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Jesus' Kingdom & the things that make sense in it...
When I read this story I find myself thinking, "I don't get this one. I'm not sure this makes sense." And of course it's just like Jesus (who only a chapter before painted a picture of God as a crazy…
Created over 1 year ago
Luke 16:1 (ASV), Luke 16:2 (ASV), Luke 16:3 (ASV), Luke 16:4 (ASV), Luke 16:5 (ASV), Luke 16:6 (ASV), Luke 16:7 (ASV), Luke 16:8 (ASV), Luke 16:9 (ASV)
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Walking the Way of Jesus: Count the Cost
Close your eyes. Picture Jesus sitting w/ a crowd of would be followers. What would Jesus say to them? What are his words to those who have been a part of the crowd for a little while now? Are you sure…
Created almost 2 years ago
Luke 14:25 (ASV), Luke 14:26 (ASV), Luke 14:27 (ASV), Luke 14:28 (ASV), Luke 14:29 (ASV), Luke 14:30 (ASV), Luke 14:31 (ASV), Luke 14:32 (ASV), Luke 14:33 (ASV)
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The Only Thing That Matters
"In Christ... the only thing that matters is..." There are a whole lot of things that I act like matters in regard to faith and church and really being a Christian. If you ask me about them directly I…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Whose Faithfulness are We Talking About Here?
N.T. Wright translates this verse as follows: "For you are all children of God through the faithfulness which is in the Messiah, Jesus." And I think this is an extremely good and helpful translation…
Created almost 2 years ago
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THIS Faith
"Before the coming of this faith we were imprisoned and guarded under the law." Where did this faith come from? Who's faith is this? If the promise has ALWAYS hinged on faith why is it only NOW that…
Created almost 2 years ago
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A New Law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-RkhY6JWDY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-RkhY6JWDY) I think this song goes well w/ the message of learning to reclaim the Gospel of Jesus that is grounded squarely…
Created almost 2 years ago
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The Tricky Line of the Gospel
In the churches in Galatia the gentile Christians are feeling compelled and pressured to act like Jews in order to be a true or real part of the church. In there defense... I can see how they would buy…
Created almost 2 years ago
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It's Jesus
For the last ten years or so I have been preparing for and serving in full time ministry. And for as much as stress as it causes people like me and for as poorly done as it is many times done, there…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Galatians 1:1
For the next month or so I will be reading through Galatians w/ some friends. We've decided to help us collaborate and discuss this letter more deeply we will be sharing some of our thoughts as we read.…
Created about 2 years ago
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God's call and the "good news"
Sometimes it helps me to write out what I think is going on in a particular passage. So bear with me.... My name is Paul and I am a slave to Jesus. He called me and gave me the work of proclaiming the…
Created about 4 years ago
Romans 1:1 (ASV), Romans 1:2 (ASV), Romans 1:3 (ASV), Romans 1:4 (ASV), Romans 1:5 (ASV), Romans 1:6 (ASV)
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The work God does and Trinity Sunday, May 18, 2008
I follow the Revised Common Lectionary. The Old Testament reading for this coming Sunday is Genesis 1 -- an account of God's work in creation. The Psalm for the week is Psalm 8 -- a creation Psalm, also…
Created about 4 years ago
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