Tag: Christ
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Interrupting Jesus 11 – a last supper in Jericho
Jericho, best known as the place where the Hebrew nation, led by Joshua, began their conquest of Canaan with a march around the walls of Jericho, strategically central to inland trade routes to the Mediterranean. Along a barren highway to the west, about a 15 mile walk to Jerusalem after an ascent from the small town of Bethel. Galileans,…
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Interrupting Jesus 10 – a child of God
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. – Proverbs 20:11 KJV The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Proverbs 23:24 KJV Before we look at the role of children and a…
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Interrupting Jesus 8 – late to a funeral
Are the moments of Jesus’ earthly mission so different than yours? What unexpected event interrupts your week? Who interrupts your daily journey though life? How will you touch their lives? How will you fit everything and everyone in? Jesus, the promised Christ of GOD the Father, had an earthly mission to accomplish in just 3 years.…
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Interrupting Jesus 7 – a lowly woman
Luke 7: 36 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. Nice. One of the leading men of your church asks you to dinner. Jesus did just what we would do: He accepted. 37 And behold, a woman of the city, who was…
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Interrupting Jesus 6 – Jesus of Capernaum
Who are you, really? I was raised in Cortland, Ohio U.S.; therefore you might call me: Roger of Cortland. Yet is that really who I am? No, of course not. I now live somewhere else and who I am or what I do is not related to where I live. We often make a mistake in looking back on the…
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Interrupting Jesus 5 – persistent faith
And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!” 17 And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. – Luke…
