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Weekly Bible Study Notes: August 21, 2023

The Letter to Ephesus Ephesus was a great city; a transportation and commercial hub, and the home of the great temple of Diana. As the recipient of one of Paul’s epistles the church there had quite a rich history when … Continue reading →

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Weekly Bible Study Notes: August 14, 2023

Note: These are study notes for a Bible Study I am having with a local study group on the letters to the seven churches in Revelation 1-3. Introduction The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sermon Notes: July 23, 2023

Text: Mark 12:1-12 Mark 11:1-11 Parallel Texts: Matthew 21:1-12, 14-17; Luke 19:29-44; John 12:12-19 As we have come to expect, Mark gives us the simple facts of the day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem as King and Messiah without fanfare … Continue reading →

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Calling Disciples

Luke 5:1-11 Luke’s account of the calling of Peter, James and John as disciples differs in many ways from the accounts of Matthew and Mark; I’ll let others speculate on the reasons for this and try to focus on what … Continue reading →

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Healing

Luke 4:38-44 In these verses we see Jesus healing people of sickness and driving out more demons. The demons it seems all knew who He was, yet Jesus really wasn’t going to rely on the testimony of the agents of … Continue reading →

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Driving out Demons

Luke 4:31-37 After the incident in Nazareth, Jesus moved on to Capernaum where once again people were amazed by His teaching. Luke gives us the reason for their amazement; it was the authority with which He taught. Of course many … Continue reading →

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Home to Nazareth

Luke 4:14-30 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set … Continue reading →

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Jesus in the Wilderness

Luke 4:1-13 The ministry of Jesus has begun… or has it? He has been baptized by John, the heavens opened, the Spirit descended upon Him in “bodily form” and the Father has spoken; now He has one more hurdle before … Continue reading →

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Jesus Comes into View

Luke 3:21-38 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my … Continue reading →

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Preparing the Way

Luke 3:1-20 In the first two verses, Luke goes to great pains to let us know that the Word of God came to John in the wilderness in the year 28, but of course the coming of the Word is … Continue reading →

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