Love at the Center
...when all is said and done, I have found no other explanation for the world as I know it – in all its beauty, complexity, pain, and hope - than the vision of love that I believe stands at the center of the biblical story...
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Understanding the Bible 17: “Gospel” Explained
What exactly is a gospel? And is there a right way to read them? In this episode, we examine the gospel as a genre of biblical literature and discuss: their content, the events that occasioned their writing, and the manner of their composition. And we begin with fact that “gospel” (the Greek word is εὐαγγέλιον) did...
Understanding the Bible 16: A New King of the Jews??? – Wise Men, Herod & Jesus’s Escape to Egypt
A sermon from Canvas: 05 January 2014 The story of the magi is foundational to Matthew’s Gospel both historically and symbolically. Historically it places Jesus’s early life in the larger context of the reign of Herod the Great, and sets the stage for a confrontation between three kingdoms: Rome, Jerusalem, and the “kingdom of God”...