In Matthew 22, Jesus quotes from Exodus, “God said ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Today, as we celebrate our Encore ministries, I have been thinking theologically about this human-centric naming of God. What are the lessons from “the God of our ancestors”? (Exodus 3) Who […]
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Why do we feel such self-righteous anger when we believe we have been cheated? Why do deceptive numbers, undelivered promises, and broken vows stick to your memories or is that just me? Why is releasing our debtors so hard? As I prayed my way through today’s Scriptures, I remembered a boss during college, whose final […]
Let’s take a stroll through the Bible looking at the families we find there. Let us listen for tone. I fear at times the church has lost its pitch. I fear we come at the world with less than the gracious tone of a God who loves sinners. The Bible begins with God speaking humanity […]
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