Bible Study
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Helpers of Joy
I’m inviting you to come with us, come experience a gospel-dominated culture, come contribute to a culture based on Jesus, the “yes” to all God’s…
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The Resurrection of Our Lord • 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 • April 5, 2015 The Occasion for Paul’s Words
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is an indispensable component of the gospel and an essential basis of our salvation.
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Pentecost • Numbers 11:24–30 • June 8, 2014
God did not withhold his hand of blessing to the people of Israel, and he continues to stretch forth his hand, to give us our…
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Proper 29 • Colossians 1:13–20 • November 24, 2013
Use these readings from various places and times in the scriptures to prepare us for the overarching reality: Christ the creator, Christ the ruler, Christ…
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Proper 16 • Isaiah 51:1–6 • August 24, 2014
This passage is about the end times in which the gospel is not only present (as it is in all such readings) but in which…
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Talking to Jesus
If the beginning of the twenty-first century is marked by “Epicurean indifference,” the temptation to doctrinally focused people is, quoting Melanchthon again, “Pharisaic pride.” What…
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Proper 11 • Isaiah 44:6–8 • July 20, 2014
Witnesses of the Living God This approach focuses on the comparison of the God of creation who formed man with the gods formed by man…
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Proper 13 • Isaiah 55:1–5 • August 3, 2014
He came to dance our dance with death, died on a cross, and rose victorious never to die again.
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MY BRIGHT ABYSS: Meditation of a Modern Believer. By Christian Wiman
Christian Wiman’s My Bright Abyss stands in a long line of spiritual writings that mix memoir with theology with a kind of deep spiritual insight.