Archive | July 2008
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“Peace”
Joe Nori, 11/7/59 – 7/27/08 “I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [...]
“Holy Rolling Stone!”
Roughly three and a half years ago I had surgery done on my left knee. It was a little more complicated than it was originally thought to be, and suddenly, without warning, I found myself with a bum knee. For two years I suffered with daily pain, and an atrophied quad muscle which, I found [...]
A View From the Cross
We will be studying Mark 15:21-(possibly)47 in our exploration of the gospel of Mark this Sunday. Jesus has been tried, condemned and brought before the powers of Rome, who have determined to crucify Him for political reasons. All of this was predicted by Jesus before hand. Mark’s gospel is unique in all the accounts because Mark [...]
Who is the King?
We’re going to continue in Mark this Sunday…we’ll be looking at Mark 15:1-20. The Jewish leaders have concluded their judgement of Jesus, and believe Him deserving of death. They, however, don’t have the authority to put someone to death because they are under Roman rule. Their difficulty is now to convince the Roman governor, Pilate, [...]
Identities Revealed Through Crisis- Mark 14:43-65
Our text this week will be Mark 14:43-65, and you can read it here. As the tension of the situation mounted last week in the scene of Jesus’ prayer in the garden, it now explodes into crisis, as Judas leads a group of armed men to come and apprehend Jesus to take Him back into [...]
