121119 – JOHN gets Busy-Luke 3.1-12 Prepare yourselves for a little bit of history, NOT from ME mind you, but from the author, LUKE. TIME has elapsed, and it is now the fifteenth year of the reign of the Roman emperor TIBERIUS. Since he ruled from 14 to 37 CE, it is likely that […]
120719 – Matthew 3. 1-12 I ran across this book about America and our failure to be AWAKE as a nation. And IN IT, I found an illustration that was used by a Southern Baptist preacher. He related an incident that occurred in the late 1800’s. His point was that we DO NOT pay attention, […]
120419 – Matthew 24. 36-44 I very much APPRECIATE a lot of the imagery that comes from the Hebrew Bible. It is usually quite RICH in DESCRIPTION and of an ANCIENT character. Take for example – the famous WATCHTOWERS…yep, that’s where the Jehovah’s Witnesses got the name for their infamous publications…from. They are called “THE” […]
120119 – Matthew 24. 36-44 These Matthean TEXTS are NOT necessarily what people read INTO them. These texts ARE NOT about trying to get a leg up” on the “Second Coming.” When Jesus said, “NO ONE KNOWS.” He meant just that! No one knows, so STOP all the speculation ALREADY! You are just spinning your […]
113019B – Matthew 24, 36-44 As Jesus prepared to meet “his final conflict” of his earthly life he spoke to his followers about “the things” that would come “in the last days” and he delivered a pretty clear message: “GOD is coming at a time you don’t expect, SO Get Ready.” In the course of […]
113019 – Matthew 24. 36-44 They say that Americans are “obsessed with the future”…more so, than the rest of the world. There is “a mindset here.” People want to be “a part of…” They do not want to be “left out…” They want to be “in the know…” People actually follow “WHAT IS TRENDING…” […]
112719B – Luke 17. 11-19 Someone once wrote and said that there are TWO TYPES of people in the world. In a couple of minutes I’m going to ask you to think about WHERE you fit-in. First, there are those who fill up their GAS TANK any time the gauge gets BELOW half a tank. […]
112719 – It costs “literally NOTHING” to say, “Thank You!” I am talking about showing GRATEFULNESS, THANKFULNESS and APPRECIATION. It really truly IS NOT DIFFICULT to simply ACKNOWLEDGE another human being…to RECOGNIZE another and to offer a word of KINDNESS. It is FREE, it costs YOU nothing. This happens to be a narrative that you […]
112319 – Luke 23. 33-43 Jesus was right where he WANTED to be. He WAS – where “he knew he HAD to be.” It was like one last show of solidarity, of comrade-ry. With the OUTCAST… With the CRIMINAL… With the MARGINALIZED… With the COMMON MAN… With YOU and me… Even with the HATED and […]
112019 – Luke 21. 5-19 The context is simple. The “original source” for this text is the Gospel of Mark. As he does frequently through the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is speaking both to his twelve disciples and to a more “general larger audience.” People want to LEAN-IN and to LISTEN. They want to “overhear” […]