Matthew 12
Further conversation on Matthew 7:13-14: Forgive me for backtracking, but I would like to respond to a comment about these verses. I said I think they are intended more for encouragement than judgment. However, some experience them more as judgment than encouragement. I certainly understand that point of view, and these verses have
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Note One: Last week I saw the musical “Godspell” and in it Jesus utters a line that he really might have uttered at some time (in Aramaic, of course). “Did I promise you an answer to the question?” For some other thoughts about reading the New Testament, I hope you will check out
… View MoreFor those who like to see an entire plan laid out before them, here is the plan for reading the New Testament in one year, with the chapters for each week identified.
READING THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT
June 2007-June 2008
All dates listed are Monday – Sunday. Sermons will be based on some part of
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Just a Note: German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was imprisoned and executed by the Nazis wrote a book on discipleship in which he commented extensively on the Sermon on the Mount. As I was looking at some of this work again this week I came across this rich phrase – “the thralldom of
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Matthew 7:1-5: Don’t judge! Does that mean we are to be without opinions, without some sense of judgment? I don’t think so. The verb used here could be translated “be critical of” or “condemn.” Jesus is not against making discerning judgments in life, but he has a problem with people who are
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