Tag: jesus
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A Jealous and Avenging God
Nahum 1:1-13 – 7/20/2026 A jealous and avenging God is the Lord; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and prolongs it against his enemies. The Lord is slow to anger but great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in…
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Hell Is Real
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 – 7/19/2026 – The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers,…
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By Their Fruits – A Criterion of Choice
Matthew 7:15-20 – 7/18/2026 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Matthew 7:15-16 (NRSVue) Christianity is not one thing. There are many Christianities, some of which bear only superficial resemblance to one another. It’s one thing to commit to…
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Forerunner to Theosis
Hebrews 6:13-20 – 7/17/2026 We have […] a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 6:19-20 (NRSVue) Jesus is our forerunner in that he makes possible a way of relating to…
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Jesus and Knowledge of God
Hebrews 2:1-9 – 7/16/2026 We do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. Hebrews 2:9 (NRSVue) Who is Jesus? Who was he? As a…
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The Use of Ancient Texts by Christian Nationalism
Deuteronomy 28:1-14 – 7/14/2026 If you will only obey the Lord your God, by diligently observing all his commandments that I am commanding you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth; all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the Lord…
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The God of the Harvest
Leviticus 26:3-20 – 7/13/2026 If you follow my statutes and keep my commandments and observe them faithfully, I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Your threshing shall overlap the vintage, and the vintage shall overlap the…
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Jesus’s Teachings on Wealth
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 – 7/12/2026 – The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing Matthew 13:22 (NRSVue) The “cares of this age and the lure…
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Christology and the Communication of Properties
John 12:44-50 – 7/11/2026 Jesus cried aloud: “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. John 12:44-45 (NRSVue) John has perhaps the highest Christology of any of the New Testament texts. In other words, in John’s Gospel we find the…
Dionysus on a Bike 