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Lesson 6: Resurrection According to Luke (2)
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Resurrection According to Luke (2)Last week, I noted Luke presents quite a different version of the universal resurrection than Mark and Matthew. This week, I want to examine how he likewise makes significant changes in how Jesus’ resurrection has been reported. You still have…
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Lesson 4: Resurrection According to Matthew
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Resurrection According to MatthewThe key to reading Matthew is to realize that he is “Mark plus.” He includes the entire book of Mark almost word for word. The plus is the addition of teachings and parables that pictures Mark’s worker of mighty acts…
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Lesson 3: The Resurrection According to Mark
Read MORE: Lesson 3: The Resurrection According to MarkYou have to be somewhat surprised by Mark’s short terse account of the Easter story. We heard from Paul about 30 years earlier that there was an official list of people to whom Jesus appeared after his execution. You would…
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Lesson 2: The Earliest Passage on Resurrection
Read MORE: Lesson 2: The Earliest Passage on ResurrectionAny biblical understanding of resurrection should start with a careful reading of I Corinthians 15. This long and detailed chapter is our earliest attempt to explain what happened after Jesus’ execution and burial. We usually read it in light of…
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Lesson 1: Let’s Get Biblical About Resurrection
Read MORE: Lesson 1: Let’s Get Biblical About ResurrectionRecently, my son, and my beloved brother in Christ with whom I shared 35 years of ministry, died within days of one another. Needless to say, I have been pondering resurrection. One thing has become glaringly clear. Although ”God raised…
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Lesson 10: Joseph (Genesis 37- 50)
Read MORE: Lesson 10: Joseph (Genesis 37- 50)Ever since seminary, I have been aware Genesis is a series of stories put together by an editor or editors. I also early on recognized that the Joseph story is the most beautifully written in the book. This is the…
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Lesson 9: Jacob (Genesis 28-33)
Read MORE: Lesson 9: Jacob (Genesis 28-33)As I said last week, Jacob was a scoundrel and because of that, he spends a great deal of the biblical accounts running away from the trouble he has created. I wonder why people don’t t ponder what his story…
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Lesson 8: The Patriarchs (Genesis 24-27)
Read MORE: Lesson 8: The Patriarchs (Genesis 24-27)God is often identified as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Bible. Abraham and Jacob are especially associated with the beginnings of the Hebrew people. Isaac almost serves as a link between the two. Abraham is presented…
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Lesson 7: The Near Sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22)
Read MORE: Lesson 7: The Near Sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22)A straight reading of the chapter has God testing Abraham by seeing if he will kill his beloved son. Scholars differ widely on what to make of it. Some think it indicates the great demands God makes on us. Some…
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Lesson 6: God’s Promise to Abraham (Genesis 12-22)
Read MORE: Lesson 6: God’s Promise to Abraham (Genesis 12-22)Chapters 1- 11 could be regarded as the introduction to Genesis. The plot begins with Abraham in chapter 12. In fact, if you looked at the story that runs through the Bible, these chapters could serve as the setting for…
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An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!
yes we need to forgive our leaders yet make sure they do the right thing – which they aren’t.