I hope you are beginning to see the thread running throughout Scripture and the pointers to Jesus and the things he emphasized. Now let’s study the context for the Great Commandment and the Great Commission a bit because I think there is a lot we can learn by doing so. Take for example, Mark 12:28-31. […]
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2012 Vision – The Great Commandment, the Great Commission, and the Good Samaritan (pt2 of 3)
Only Jesus was perfectly balanced always, at all times. He certainly loved God with all of his heart, soul, mind and strength. When he had a busy day ahead of him, Jesus woke up early in the morning before the rest of the disciples were up and he went to a solitary place to pray […]
Christmas 2011: Worship – Matthew 2:1–12 (pt2 of 3)
How did it come to pass that Jesus was born in Bethlehem? Let’s read Luke 2:1-7. Luke 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) So what’s the […]
Quotes on The Wounded Healer (Henry Nouwen)
A minster is not a doctor whose primary task is to take away pain. Rather, he deepens the pain to a level where it can be shared. When someone comes with his loneliness to the minister, he can only expect that his loneliness will be understood and felt, so that he no longer has to […]
1 Cor 1:10-31 – Celebrity Christians vs. the Cross (pt 1 of 3)
Text: 1 Cor 1:10-31 I used to work for a dot.com in West Hollywood for about 4 years and during that span, I saw a bunch of celebrities: Ron Howard, Bill Murray, the Japanese character Hiro from the TV series Heroes, the cheerleader from Heroes, Baron Davis, the American Idol winner from 2-3 years ago, […]
Rom 14-15: Building True Unity – The Nuts and Bolts of Church Life (pt3 of 3)
What about at a church level? What does judgment and gossip, mixed in with anger, do to a church? It divides people into various camps. In the church at Rome, you have Jewish Christians on one side judging the Gentile Christians. Imagine a conversation between two Jewish Christians, if you will. Can you believe sister […]