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Matthew 15:29-39

Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider Out of the two “Feeding the Multitude” miracles, this one of “the 4,000” gets considerably less airtime than its larger twin. It’s not just overshadowed by the numbers (5,000 men, 12 baskets, more verses) but also in seeming importance. Besides the Resurrection itself, the 5,000 feeding is the only…

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Matthew 15:1-20

Angles, insights, and illustrations as entry points into the text and sermon Inside and Out Preachers as well as parishioners know intuitively that there is much at stake in a text like Matthew 15.  What is at stake here, and how high the stakes are becomes obvious as we probe more deeply.  In the text,…

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Matthew 11:7-19

Have you ever said that about yourself that you are greater than King David?  Or have you ever said that you are greater than Solomon?  Jesus says that the least in the kingdom are greater than John the Baptist and John the Baptist is greater than all who came before him.  Which means you are…

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Matthew 9:27-34

Comments and Observations I hate it when someone acts one way when we’re with one group of people and then is a completely different person in a different context. Perhaps that explains some of my discomfort with this passage from Matthew 9. These back-to-back healings are, in many ways, nondescript. We are given few details,…

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Matthew 13:10-17

Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider Thus far in the Gospel of Matthew Jesus has been busy.  He’s been teaching and preaching, he’s been healing, he’s been explaining, he’s been gathering disciples, and he’s been traveling.  And, here in chapter 13 he does something new.  He tells his audience a story – a parable –…

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Symposium 2013: Salt and Light

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Symposium 2013: The Beatitudes

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Symposium 2013: Fighting the Good Fight: God’s Rules for Righteous Retaliation

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Symposium 2013: Not To Worry

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Symposium 2013: The Giving of Good Gifts

From the closing communion service of the Symposium on Worship, 2013.

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