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December 2009

December 29, 2009

The Massacre of the Innocents

“A voice is heard in Ramah,weeping and great mourning,Rachel weeping for her childrenand refusing to...

December 27, 2009

St. John Chrysostom, “Homily on Christmas Morning”

While many from Eastern Christian traditions are failure with St. John Chrysostom and his writings...

December 26, 2009

The 12 Days of Christmas: A Coded Catholic Catechesis?

This week I ran into an article over at snopes. That talks about how some...

December 25, 2009

The light has come! – Rejoice

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word...

December 19, 2009

Christian Disciplines – 195 AD

Spiritual disciplines are the things that a person does to stay connected with God in...

December 18, 2009

Better know an Icon – Iconography –

Iconography is a Christian practice that is unfamiliar to many protestants, and often misunderstood. It...

December 17, 2009

Christmas Vs Hanukkah

John Oliver and Jon Stewart gave me a moment of zen the other day... I...

December 17, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part VII – Recap

A New Kind of Narrative: Letting Jesus redefine stories across timeThe call to follow Jesus...

December 16, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part VI – Prophet, Pilgrim or Paschal Lamb? A verse by verse analysis of Jesus’ call to discipleship

This week we have been looking closely at Luke 9:51-62. So far we have examined...

December 15, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part V – Elijah and The Plow: Jesus’ call for new identity

We continue our Series on Luke 9:51-62 today with a word study... Before we get...

December 14, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part IV – Wanna-be Wayfarers: a look over the three would-be disciples of Jesus

After Jesus' rejection in Samaria we find him once again on the road in Luke...

December 13, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part III – Steps Forward: A verse by verse analysis of Jesus’ rejection

As we have seen there is quite a bit of background going on in the...

December 12, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part II: Face Toward Jerusalem: Approaching the rejection at Samaria

The travel narrative begins with the brief encounter where Jesus is rejected in Samaria, and...

December 11, 2009

Luke 9: 51-62 Part I – Introduction

"Follow me." With these words Jesus invited his earliest followers to leave the life and...

November 2009

November 30, 2009

Road Trip: What is Luke’s travel narrative?

Scholars recognize a shift in Luke's gospel with the phrase "When the days drew near...

November 29, 2009

Its Advent

The first Day of advent is drawing to a close. Light the first candle and...

November 29, 2009

Luke: A longer walk with Jesus

I would like to take a brief look at Luke as a whole. When I...

November 28, 2009

An anwser to “Could God Create a rock so heavy he himself could not lift it”

I have often heard the question asked "could God create a rock so heavy he...

November 26, 2009

The Lord’s Supper – Part IV – Thanksgiving!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!σήμερον εὐχαριστῶ διά ὑμῖν - I give thanks this day because of you!In greek...

November 25, 2009

The Lord’s Supper Part III – Do we do this in Rememberence?

This week we have been examining the Lord's Supper from a number of angles. In...

November 24, 2009

Did Darwin Kill God?

Check out this documentary...What do you think??http://www.youtube.com/p/A8FE03DBB5F04CC0&hl=en_US&fs=1

November 24, 2009

The Lord’s Supper: Part II – Is John 6 the Lord’s Supper?

You may have noticed that while we went through FOUR accounts of the words of...

November 23, 2009

The Lord’s Supper: Part I – Compare the Words of institution

The Christian religion is made up of many sects, denominations, and churches. One of the...

November 22, 2009

preserve, protect and defend

November 19, 2009

For what do we Weep?

"Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I...

November 18, 2009

The Power of Poverty – Jeremiah 33:14-16

14The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I...

November 14, 2009

Jeremiah Then And Now – David A. Hasey

I've been working of some material related to Jeremiah this week. I'll post some of...

November 12, 2009

Where is God when Life Tumbles In? – Theodicy when it counts

This week I read one of the most powerful sermons I've ever encountered. It was...

November 11, 2009

A Crash Course in Dicipleship

Something I need to think about every day!!

November 10, 2009

Art, Mystery, And Christ