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Tag Archives: parable
Getting Our Hands Dirty – Mark 4:1-20
I’ve never been a gardener, but I’ve done some this year. I’m trying to detoxify a patch of soil in our backyard and I heard sunflowers would do a good job of that. So, I got my hands dirty and … Continue reading
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Tagged disciples, good soil, hardened paths, Jesus, Mark, parable, rocky soil, seed, Soils, sower, thorns and weeds, Word of God
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November 9 – Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Titus 1; Jeremiah 13-14; Psalm 125 This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, who follow the dictates of their hearts, and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be just like this sash which … Continue reading
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May 27 – Do You Hear Him Calling You?
2 Chronicles 1-3 John 10:1-23 “When he brings all his sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger. They will run away from him because … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Christian life, follower of Jesus, God's leadership, God's will, God's Word, Good Shepherd, I knew, Jesus, know His voice, Law, legalism, on the path, parable, run away, sheep, shepherds, sins, stranger, work of the shepherd, works
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March 10 – Through The Lens of Grace
Deuteronomy 10-12 Mark 12:1-27 “The Jewish leaders knew that the story was about them. So they wanted to find a way to arrest Jesus, but they were afraid of the people. So the leaders left him and went away.” (Mark … Continue reading
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Tagged arrest Jesus, Cross, divinity of Jesus, God, God loves, Grace, irony, Israel, Jesus, Jewish leaders, kill Jesus, killed the prophets, parable, penalty for sins, Pharisees, political leaders, prophets, religious leaders, Sadducees, shut Jesus up, Son, vineyard
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March 3 – Avoiding the Yeast of the Pharisees and the Yeast of Herod
Numbers 26-28 Mark 8 “His followers had only one loaf of bread with them in the boat; they had forgotten to bring more. Jesus warned them, ‘Be careful! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.’” … Continue reading
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Tagged bread, comfort, disciples, double entendre, excuse, feed 4000 people, follow laws, give, go to services, good standing with God pray, grain of salt, Herod, Jesus, joyful obedience, joyous fellowship, literall, meet needs, parable, Pharisees, Power, pride, religion, seven loaves, solace, state, turn of phrase, yeast
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February 23 – Sow What?
Numbers 5-6 Mark 4:1-20 “Others are like the seed planted in the good ground. They hear the teaching and accept it. Then they grow and produce fruit—sometimes thirty times more, sometimes sixty times more, and sometimes a hundred times more.” … Continue reading
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February 3 – You’re Invited: Proper Clothes Provided
Exodus 31-33 Matthew 22:1-22 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’” (Matthew 22:8-9) … Continue reading
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Tagged Forgiveness, God, God's grace, God's love, Grace, Jesus, Jesus Christ, mercy, parable, Pharisees, Relationship with God, salvation, wedding feast
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January 20 – Is It Time For an Estate Sale?
Genesis 49-50 Matthew 13:31-58 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. One day a man found the treasure, and then he hid it in the field again. He was so happy that he went and … Continue reading
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April 2 – Ministry is People
Matthew 25: 31-46; Numbers 32-34; Job 2 Boston has a great program that finds a way to bring health care to the people on the street. Boston Health Care for the Homeless, founded in 1985 by Dr. Jim O’Connell, is … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, Dr. Jim O'Connell, exhaustion, food, God's image, homeless, hungry, in prison, Jesus, least of these, minister intentionally, minister oportunistically, necessities, needing clothes, others, overwhelming needs, parable, reaching out, serving the King, sheep and goats, sick, strangers, thirsty
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March 22 – An Unfair God
Matthew 20:1-16; Numbers 13-14; Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 I hear stories of them, but haven’t found anything I can verify through research. You know what I mean: death bed conversions. Every so often a well-known atheist or agnostic dies and rumors are … Continue reading
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