Monthly Archives: February 2017

A Brief History of Progressivism, Episode 1

Introduction Back on November 18 of last year, I published a post called OK Don, What is Your Point? That followed several posts that I published about the Election of 2016 and its aftermath. In that post, I set forth … Continue reading

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Jesus Sends the Seventy Two

Luke 10:1-16 Some of our questions from the last passage are answered in this one; Luke now tells us that Jesus was about to send 72 of those following Him on a mission. No, there isn’t time to bury the … Continue reading

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Jesus Teaches Tough Lessons

As they were walking toward Jerusalem, there were a number of conversations between Jesus and those with His party. Luke has recorded for us several brief exchanges in which Jesus tells people about the high cost of being His follower. … Continue reading

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Opposition Increases

As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, … Continue reading

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Things start to get interesting…

Luke 9:37-50 In this text are several events that take place right after the Transfiguration. First, as they were coming down the mountain a crowd gathers to meet Jesus. When they arrive, there is a man whose son has been … Continue reading

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Transfiguration

Luke 9:28-36 A little more than a week after the last story that Luke has told us, Jesus took His disciples Peter, John and James up to a mountain to pray and that is where this story takes place. We … Continue reading

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Photo of the Week: February 1, 2017

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Jesus Speaks in Confidence

Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third … Continue reading

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“Who do you say that I am?”

Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long … Continue reading

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