Blogging Towards May 13, 2018
Revelation 13 If God came in Jesus into the world to turn it right side up, defeated sin and death on the cross, and if the Spirit of God … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, May 6, 2018
Revelation 6:1-8; 7:9-17 The glimpse of the heavenly adoration of God and the Lamb on the throne, transitions to a new sight: the breaking of the seals and … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, April 29, 2018
Revelation 5:1-13 Revelation 5 continues the awesome image, first begun in chapter 4, of mysterious beings, elders, living creatures, thousands upon thousands of angels. The poetry of the … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, April 22, 2018
Revelation 4:1-11 While we often think of Revelation as a book of condemnation and apocalyptic destruction, it’s actually one of pastoral encouragement towards liberation, a theological introduction of … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, April 15, 2018
Revelation 1:9-2:7 Revelation is a challenging word. A historically divisive book in Christian history, it was not initially included in the Biblical canon, not recognized as “orthodox” … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, April 8, 2018
John 20:19-32 Jesus has risen from the dead. Now what? The gospel of John ends with this chapter which contains four stories around the resurrection. The first two: … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018
John 20:1-18 Since Christmas, we’ve been journeying through the Gospel of John on Sunday mornings. We’ve seen the careful theological construction of his story-telling. He begins with the … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, March 25, 2018
John 12:12-27, 19:16b-22 Throughout John, Jesus has talked of his hour to come. Today’s first text announces its arrival. It debuts along with a curious parable spoken in the aftermath … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, March 18, 2018
John 19:1-16a Throughout John, Jesus has talked of his hour to come. Now it arrives with his judgment, mockery, scourging, condemnation and rejection by his people. The first … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, March 11, 2018
John 18:28-40 Today’s scripture passage relates the climactic moment in a trial motif that spans the Gospel of John. It begins in chapter 1:14-18 with God’s Word spoken into … Continue reading
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