Challenge Parables
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Challenge Parables

What if the parables Jesus taught were not to cause one to reflect in meditation, but to challenge the congregation in discussion? What would it mean for a 1st century Jew hearing the parables?

Are We Serving?
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Are We Serving?

Mark 9:33-37 – They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and...

What Then Should We Do?
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What Then Should We Do?

Luke 3:10 “What should we do then?” the crowd asked. We are familiar with the text where John the Baptist is baptizing many in the water for repentance. From this passage we receive some reasons of John’s work in the wilderness.  The gospel of John envisions a future Messiah who is to come. The gospels...

Breaking The Silence – Part I
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Breaking The Silence – Part I

Part One As we open up this first part of our devotional series we have been moved to speak under the theme “Breaking the Silence.” If we exam this phrase you will quickly note that there are many viable point we can develop regarding this theme. Our approach in this series will be to answer...