Bible Study
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NT Wright’s new book, The Challenge of Acts, is a needed word for our time. In a day when we, as segments of American Christianity, are striving for “cultural order” (and calling it “kingdom”), we need our lives centered on Kingdom order. Read more
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There’s a war on. God is at work in our world; so are the forces of evil; and there really is no time or space for self-indulgent spiritualities that shirk the slightest personal cost, or even resist it on the grounds that all the desires and hopes one finds within one’s heart must be God-given… Read more
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James 2:14–18 (NIV) 14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does… Read more
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I continue to walk in wonder as I read through the Gospel of Luke. I’ve been on this journey with Jesus for decades and the longer I walk with him, the more I am in awe of the Kingdom of God. It is a learning process still. And, it is an unlearning process. In all… Read more
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In the past few weeks I’ve had a similar question posed to me: “When did you come to faith?” My answer has been a bit longer because I honestly can’t remember a time I wasn’t aware of Jesus in my life in a way where I knew he was there and I was somehow following… Read more
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I have some of my daily reading in Isaiah and the Gospel of Mark currently. This week I have been comforted and challenged by two passages. Isaiah 10 and 11 calls me to understanding that God has always dealt with the “blowhards” and tyrants of the world. He will continue to do so. The key… Read more
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Mark 5:1-20 The story of the demon possessed man in Gerasene region always has me hearing the voice of Loren Cunningham, founder of Youth With a Mission (YWAM), preaching this on this passage and looking at the reaction of the local people. There was this sentence in Loren’s sermon: “They chose swine over the Savior.” Read more
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I am on a fascinating journey right now that I need to stay at. (Which would be a first for me.) A few years ago I wrote a lot of notes for a would be book I would call, Living in Babylon. I still have that stack. It’s impressive. At least looking at it impresses… Read more
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Supposing there was a different kind of authority. Supposing there was a different kind of power. A power that didn’t work by having an army at its back, and thugs to break down your door at five in the morning; a force that had nothing to do with violence, and everything to do with the… Read more
Apprentice 2 Jesus 