Matthew 6:24-34 Crossings Conference, Homily 5 January 25, 2012; Morning Prayer You are hungry. You remember that cookie jar in the kitchen and decide to indulge yourself in a little late afternoon snack. You open the jar already imagining …
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Matthew 5:20-37 Crossings Conference, Homily 3 January 24, 2012; Morning Prayer Perhaps some of you remember one of the best selling books of the 1980’s, Robert Fulghum’s All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten. ALL I …
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Matthew 5:38-48 Crossings Conference Tuesday, January 24, 2012; Prayer at Midday These are some of the most well known words in all of the New Testament. “Turning the other cheek, . . . going the extra mile, . . .” …
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The Church Executive as Disciple: Some Personal Reflections (Or Is It a Confession?) With Help from Matthew 10:38-39 and 11:28-29
by CrossingsI. Diagnosis A. Aspiring to follow When I was a junior in high school, my parents asked me if I really wanted to be a pastor. After several days of thought, I found myself thinking, if the story of what …
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Following Jesus when things are falling apart – a post-liberation perspective from South Africa.
by CrossingsBy Felix Meylahn A. Brief auto-biographical and historical perspective on the South African Context a) Introduction – Who am I and where do I live and work? I was born in the Northern Cape on Pniel, a mission station of …
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Matthew 5:1-12 Crossings Conference, Homily 1 January 23, 2012; Morning Prayer You are patiently waiting in a traffic jam when a car suddenly speeds by on the shoulder passing up all the traffic and cuts in at the last …
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“Matthew 5:13-20 Crossings Conference, Homily 2 January 23, 2012; Evening Prayer Have you ever eaten french fries without salt? They are bland potatoes. Have you ever lost your electric power in a storm? Groping around in the dark tripping …
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The History of Discipleship in the Lutheran Tradition
by CrossingsRobert Kolb If we wished to be fundamentalistic, we could make this a very short lecture. Even though Luther used the words for “disciple” and “discipleship,” in his translation of Scripture, the word itself did not become a part …
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PART TWO: The Disciple and the Church: The Fellowship of Faith
by CrossingsThe Gospel-Given Life Discipleship Revisited Introduction: The Problem of the Separation of Discipleship and Church As we noted in Part I, the biblical view of salvation is the key to understanding the biblical notion of discipleship. Discipleship is not first …
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“Spit” Miracle One (Big Sigh) ◊Feeding of 5000 Jews (6:35-44) ◊At sea (6:45-56; disciples think they see ghost, are terrified; see the sea calmed are beside themselves; “didn’t understand about the loaves; hearts were hardened”) ◊Argument with Pharisees re. clean/unclean …
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