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9 mins read|04/13/20Our text begins with their answer to why they are doing this when they were strictly charged to cease their actions. The answer? “We must obey God rather than men.”
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8 mins read|04/06/20This restoration is understood as a resurrection—restoration/return to the Land is equated with the resurrection to the courts of Heaven.
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7 mins read|04/05/20This text is chosen for Maundy Thursday and involves eating and drinking with God—in His presence, real presence. This is only possible with the shedding of blood.
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10 mins read|03/29/20In this text, Isaiah is quite explicit and reflects the suffering and disgrace this Servant will suffer as He faithfully does the will of God.
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17 mins read|03/23/20The people to whom Ezekiel is prophesying are in exile—separated from the Holy Land. To return to the land of Israel is to be resurrected to new life, to be restored.
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10 mins read|03/15/20The preceding pericope uses the metaphor of a “mighty man,” a “warrior” for the LORD and this is not too much of a stretch for us. However, our text begins with the metaphor of a woman in child birth.
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8 mins read|03/08/20Certainly, the people of Israel are being stubborn, unfaithful and untrusting but one may wonder if this issue is a deeper one. Are they afraid?
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9 mins read|03/01/20The Church is called to be counter-cultural, to stand out in order that the world might see and hear the truth and be brought into the Kingdom.
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11 mins read|02/24/20The Seed of the woman is he who will crush the head of the evil one and restore man to a right and proper relationship with God.
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9 mins read|02/17/20Because God makes the rules He is free to break them when He chooses, however, God only breaks His own rules on the side of grace!
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11 mins read|02/10/20Obviously, the choice is very black and white: good or evil; life or death; blessings or curses...Unfortunately, the actions of the people will speak louder than their words.
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12 mins read|02/03/20There are good, God-pleasing reasons to attend a Divine Service, but worship attendance can also be an action by which we try to earn or deserve the favor and love of God. This is an ongoing struggle in every worshiping community.
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