We're future-oriented creatures. Without something to inspire us, to make us excited to be alive, we become imprisoned by fear and anxiety.
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The story of the Bible isn't souls judged and sent to an afterlife. It's creation redeemed and made whole, beginning to end. We join in.
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Giving is usually good. But it also has its shadow side.
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Guest preacher Scott Agur says that "In this passage, the story is told of Jesus bringing calm and purpose to the disciples on a stormy night on the Sea of Galilee and then leading them to a ministry of love and sharing in the community of Gennesaret."
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Giving is often thought of as a burden. But what if we thought of it as an act of true freedom?
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For us, talking about money is like walking on eggshells. We’ve gotta be very careful. But like in so many other places in the Bible Jesus. According to today’s passage Jesus’ preference is less about tiptoeing over or around our eggshells. His strategy seems to be to stomp them into oblivion.
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How do we reconcile the Bible's cultural assumptions about women with our convictions about equality?
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“What is both Good and New about the Good News is the wild claim that Jesus did not simply tell us that God loves us even in our wickedness and folly and wants us to love each other the same way and to love him too, but that if we will let him, God will actually bring about this unprecedented transformation of our hearts himself." -Frederick Buechner, "Wishful Thinking"
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God's love for Jonah's enemies shows Jonah's love is too small. Are we prepared to accept God's love for our own enemies?
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