Advent is a time of looking forward, not in the past. Of course we remember that Christ came as a baby, a child, a man to live and die to demonstrate His power over life and death. He came to demonstrate that life in Jesus is about resurrection power. We are people of the resurrection!…
Tag: Matthew
I don’t want to be a Pharisee
It’s an interesting parallel. In the time of Jesus, following the exit of the Greeks from Israel and region the Pharisees and Sadducees worked to pull out of Jewish culture the infiltration of Greek culture with a call to return to Holiness and worship of the one true God, Yahweh. It was a call that…
He knew their thoughts
From my reading this morning… Matthew 9:1-17 Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man 9 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. 2 Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” 3 At…
Hybrid Thoughts 