Justice Wins (Eventually)
Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-17 (This is the correct video, although the preview image looks like the wrong date.) Human nature and human societies run on the idea of retribution: an […]
Tag: Lent
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No Eternal Conscious Torment
Matthew 25:31-46 Friends, it’s the fifth week of Lent. Which means that next week is Palm Sunday, and the Sunday after that is Easter. In this season we have been […]
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The Consequences of Nonviolence
Matthew 13:24-30 We are exactly halfway through the season of Lent and our exploration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s six principles of nonviolence and several of parables of […]
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Enemies and Victims
Matthew 18:21-35 We are spending this season of Lent in worship series called Peaceable Kingdom, which is the section heading in the King James Bible for these verses from Isaiah […]
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Lavish Forgiveness
Matthew 18:21-35 Human nature and human societies run on the idea of retribution: an eye for an eye, if you hurt me then I’ll hurt you. But all of history […]
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Thinking Differently about Fairness
Matthew 20:1-16 In this Lenten season, we are preparing for the crucifixion of Jesus. Lent is the journey to the cross, obviously a somber journey. Choosing the cross is not […]
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The True Vine
John 15:1-17 During the season of Lent we’ve been exploring together a series of metaphors in the gospel of John that Jesus uses to talk about who he is and […]
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The Way, the Truth, and the Life
John 14:1-17 During the season of Lent we’ve been exploring together a series of metaphors in the gospel of John that Jesus uses to talk about who he is and […]
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The Resurrection and the Life
John 11:1-53 During the season of Lent we’ve been exploring together a series of metaphors in the gospel of John that Jesus uses to talk about who he is and […]
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The Light of the World
John 8:12-20 One of the most interesting and challenging things about the gospel of John is how much the stories connect to each other. John leans heavily on everyday words […]