The Parable of the Housemaster
Watch this week’s post on https://youtu.be/XqUxGf7CRRw Matthew 20:1-16 (NIV) Early one morning a man went out to hire some workers for his vineyard. After he had agreed to pay them the usual amount for a day’s work, he sent them off to his vineyard. About nine that morning, the man saw some other people standing […]
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Go For It!
Isaiah 40:29-31 (NIV) He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Hebrews 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at […]
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GERS: God’s Energy Recovery System
John 6.5-15 (CEB): Jesus looked up and saw the large crowd coming toward him. He asked Philip, “Where will we buy food to feed these people?” Jesus said this to test him, for he already knew what he was going to do. Philip replied, “More than a half year’s salary worth of food wouldn’t be […]
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The Care and Feeding of Dangerous Ideas
Ecclesiastes 3.1-8 (CEB) There’s a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens: a time for giving birth and a time for dying, a time for planting and a time for uprooting what was planted, a time for killing and a time for healing, a time for tearing down and a […]
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Shalom
John 20.19-22 (CEB) It was still the first day of the week. That evening, while the disciples were behind closed doors because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. When the […]
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Clicking Around the God Channels
John 14:1-4 (NRSV) [Jesus said,] “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place […]
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The First Lie Wins
John 18.28-38 (CEB) The Jewish leaders led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s palace. It was early in the morning. So that they could eat the Passover, the Jewish leaders wouldn’t enter the palace; entering the palace would have made them ritually impure. So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What charge do […]
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Rocketing Toward The Fringe
Isaiah 43:18-19 Don’t remember the prior things; don’t ponder ancient history. Look! I’m doing a new thing; now it sprouts up. Don’t you recognize it? I’m making a way in the desert, paths in the wilderness. Philippians 3:12-14 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I […]
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Ripples in Reality
Galatians 6.7-10 (CEB) Make no mistake, God is not mocked. A person will harvest what they plant. Those who plant only for their own benefit will harvest devastation from their selfishness, but those who plant for the benefit of the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit. Let’s not get tired of doing good, […]
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Improvising Scripture
Last week we discussed jazz improv as a model for postmodern religion Jazz solos build from a common foundation—a song or chord changes everyone knows. Still, each solo is unique. Similarly, Christianity and Islam are riffs on Judaism. Based on an Abrahamic foundation, they add new theological and civil concepts to the mix. Religion develops […]
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