21-Feb-16 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Sometimes when we read our Bibles through the filters of our very modern minds, we tend to squirm a little bit. From a very modern perspective, sometimes the things that we read in our Bibles might seem to be a bit off, or a little hinky, or sometimes downright wrong. And I’d […]
Month: February 2016
I’ll Be Back
14-Feb-16 Luke 4:1-13 So far, things have been going pretty well for Jesus. He’s just been baptized by John the Baptizer, there was a tremendous confirmation of his divine Sonship at his baptism, it was a holy and sacred moment for all who may have witnessed it, and he’s now full of the Holy Spirit. […]
07-Feb-16 Exodus 34: 29-34 Sometimes when God is dealing with human beings, it takes a couple or more times to get it right. We sort of know this from our own lives. Oftentimes when God is trying to get our attention, we ignore at least the first attempt, and some of us have gotten so […]
Good Sermon, Poor Follow Up
31-Jan-16 Luke 4:16-30 The sermon was fine. It was just what happened afterward that caused things to go down hill so quickly. Jesus has returned to his home town of Nazareth, and its the Sabbath, and so he has gone to the local synagogue to attend the service. Luke tells us that this was his […]