Tag: discipleship
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“Power, Fear, and Freedom”
A sermon based on Luke 8:26-39, for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, which this year happens to fall on Juneteenth as well as Father’s Day
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Study Notes – Matthew 7 1-6, 15-23
We are studying Matthew 7:1-6 & 15-23 for Sunday, July 28. This is some, not all, of the concluding section of the Sermon on the Mount. [Some discussion questions for this text are here.] Here are my notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: This is our fourth [and last, for awhile] week studying the…
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Study Notes – Matthew 28 16-20 and Acts 1 6-8
We are studying Matthew 28:16-20 along with a little bit of Acts, Acts 1:6-8, for Sunday, April 28. The Matthew text is what we often think of as “the Great Commission.” The Acts text is a portion of Luke’s account of the ascension that corresponds to Jesus’ statement in Matthew. One way to think about…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Matthew 10 1-15
We are studying Matthew 10:1-15 for Sunday, April 7 – a text that relates Jesus’ commissioning of “the twelve,” along with the first part of his instructions for their mission. [Notes on the text are here.] Here are a few questions we might want to consider before class, or together in class: In v1, “the…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Matthew 4 12-22
We are studying Matthew 4:12-22 for Sunday, March 31. This text includes a prologue to Jesus’ ministry that presents Jesus as fulfilling a prophecy in Isaiah[*], and then tells the story of Jesus calling Simon [Peter], Andrew, James, and John. [Study notes on the text are here.] Here are a few questions we might want…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Mark 1 16-20 and Luke 14 25-33
We are studying Mark 1:16-20 and Luke 14:25-33 for Sunday, March 10. The Mark text is the short story of Jesus calling Simon, Andrew, James and John to follow him and let Jesus make them into fishermen of a whole different kind. The Luke text is Jesus’ address to the crowds following him to Jerusalem…