Blogging Towards Sunday, November 25, 2018
Luke 4:16-30; Matthew 4:23-5:12 Resistance is a big word in our culture today. Some are for it, some are against it. Our cries to resistance usually have to … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 9, 2018
Isaiah 2:1-5; John 14:23-27; Matthew 4:23-5:9 Peace. We long for it in our genes, our relationships, our communities, and our world. It’s shared universal value (by almost all … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 28, 2018
Mark 7:1-23; Matthew 4:23-5:8 Exhausted. That’s how most people describe themselves these days. We’re discouragingly overwhelmed by the us-versus-them thinking we experience as hypocritical and tribalistic. This self-preservation … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 21, 2018
John 8:2-11; Matthew 4:23-5:7 The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) are identified as the essential teaching of Jesus. Today’s beatitude is about Mercy. It’s a word that we don’t often … Continue reading
Faith in the Public Square: Mid-Terms
How do we testify to our hope and faith in a time of despair and division? How do we articulate and live our faith in the public square when … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 14, 2018
Luke 18:2-8; Matthew 4:23-5:6 The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) are identified as the essential teaching of Jesus. Recorded in Matthew, within the larger section of the Sermon on the … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, September 30, 2018
Matthew 4:23-5:5 The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) are the essential teaching of Jesus. Recorded in the gospel told by Matthew, within the larger section of the Sermon on the … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, September 23, 2018
Matthew 4:23-5:4 & Isaiah 61:1-4, 8, 10-11 The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) are identified as the essential teaching of Jesus. Recorded in Matthew, within the larger section of the … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, September 16, 2018
Matthew 4:23-5:3, 15:21-28 We begin our Fall series on the Beatitudes with the first of the 8 sayings of Jesus recorded in Matthew 5:1-12. They are the foundation … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, August 26, 2018
John 9:1-41 Today’s passage from the gospel story of the life and teaching of Jesus has been written masterfully by the Apostle John. The care with which John draws … Continue reading
