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May 2009

May 14, 2009

Kingdom Gospel 4

Here are John the Baptist's words to those who asked what they needed to do...

May 13, 2009

Kingdom Gospel 3

I grew up in the gospel I sketched Monday, so when I contend that I...

May 12, 2009

Kingdom Gospel 2

We can't possibly trot through the whole of Luke's Gospel so I want to focus...

May 11, 2009

Kingdom Gospel 1

If "kingdom" is the solution, what is the problem? Jesus' gospel message of the kingdom...

November 2008

November 10, 2008

What about divorce?

How do we apply the Bible to situations of divorce? A pastor recently asked me...

September 2008

September 28, 2008

Cubs Schedule (vs. LA Dodgers)

Wednesday: 5:30pm Thursday: 8:30pm Saturday @ LA: 9pm (All times Central) The Commish is out...

April 2008

April 06, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom: All in one post

Here is a link to the whole our series on the keys to the kingdom....

April 04, 2008

Preparing for Pentecost 10

Pentecost, the Day God sends the Spirit afresh on God's people, makes them the kind...

April 01, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 62

Drumroll please. This is our last kingdom text: Luke 23:42. It comes with evocative connections:...

March 2008

March 31, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 61

There are 85 separable instances of "kingdom" in the Synoptic Gospels; we have three left...

March 28, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 60

Talk about a hornet's nest of issues ... our 82d kingdom text (Luke 21:31) is...

March 27, 2008

Preparing for Pentecost 4

We turn our faces today toward Pentecost -- and we prepare for that Day when...

March 27, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 59

A sense of imminent arrival of the kingdom loomed over Jesus' ministry, and we are...

March 26, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 58

At the end of the rich young ruler episode, after Jesus had explained to the...

March 25, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 57

We look today at three kingdom references (Luke 17:20, 20, 21) that are, in my...

March 24, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 56

We are now heading around the corner into the homestretch in this series on kingdom....

March 21, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 55

Luke 13:22 Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his...

March 20, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 54

The 72d separable kingdom text is found at Luke 12: 32 “Do not be afraid,...

March 19, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 53

Here these words of Jesus about the kingdom from Luke 10: 8 “When you enter...

March 18, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 52

Here are some of Jesus' most demanding kingdom-words: 57 As they were walking along the...

March 17, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 51

10 When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he...

March 14, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 50

Luke 8: 1 After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another,...

March 13, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 49

(Say the Jesus Creed morning and evening during Lent.) Luke 4:42 At daybreak Jesus went...

March 12, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 48

We now turn to Luke's Gospel's special uses of "kingdom." Technically, this is the 64th...

March 11, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 47

(Say the Jesus Creed morning and evening during Lent.) Matthew 25:31 “When the Son of...

March 10, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 46

(Say the Jesus Creed morning and evening during Lent.) Matt 25:1 “At that time the...

March 07, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 45

14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as...

March 06, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 44

Matthew 23: 13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You...

March 05, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 43

We now look at another kingdom text, this from Matthew 22:1ff: 1 Jesus spoke to...

March 04, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 42

Our next text is in the middle of a parable, found at Matthew 21:31-45: 43...