Month: February 2020
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Amos 5 18-24
We are studying Amos 5:18-24 for Sunday, March 1 – one of the most memorable of Amos’s short prophetic speeches. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are some questions we might want to consider or discuss in class: Who is speaking in vv18-20? Who is speaking in vv21-24? Why do we think this? […]
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Study Notes – Amos 5 18-24
We are studying Amos 5:18-24 for Sunday, March 1 – the first Sunday in Lent, so this pointed repudiation of ritual worship unaccompanied by substantive change in one’s manner of living, this pointed insistence that justice and righteousness is the real worship, is timely. [Some questions on the text are here.] Here are a few […]
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Grateful Sore Feet
Sore feet do not just happen overnight. It takes months of deconditioning to make possible the kind of foot-soreness that comes from actually using one’s feet for the purpose of standing and walking on them for an extended period of time, like most of the day, on a hard, flat surface, like the church kitchen […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Luke 11 1-13
We are studying Luke 11:1-13 for Sunday, February 23 [which will be the day after the church’s CAJUN DINNER, Saturday, 5-7 p.m.; PLEASE COME if you’re in the area!!]. The text is Luke’s version of the Lord’s Prayer, which our curriculum identifies as the “Disciples’ Prayer,” along with a parable and other teachings on prayer. […]
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Study Notes – Luke 11 1-13
We are studying Luke 11:1-13 for Sunday, February 23. This is Luke’s version of the Lord’s Prayer – we looked at Matthew’s version last week – along with some additional teachings on prayer. Or relationship with God. We’ll get to think about that. Here are some notes on the text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: We’ve turned […]
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Get New Self Talk
Some people habitually attack themselves. “What are you doing??!” “You idiot!” “Fat. Loser.” “Sometimes I wish I could tear you up in little pieces and start over from scratch you worthless …” Don’t ask me how I know this. And sometimes we can hear something entirely new in a reading from the Bible we have […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Matthew 6 9-15
We are studying Matthew 6:9-15 for Sunday, February 16 – the Lord’s Prayer! This is a text that most Christians, even most new Christians, will know well. Although there is a story of three hermits and the prayer that suggests that maybe not all the saints are familiar with it.[*] Anyway, some notes on the […]
Matters of Interpretation 