Preaching (2217)
  1. Hymns were a means by which people were brought into direct contact with the Gospel that brought justifying faith. Set to music, they could readily memorize it, take it home with them, and rehearse its messages around the hearth and at work.
  2. Joseph could not give them the complete assurance they required. They needed someone greater than Joseph, and so do we!
  3. There is no problem with Christians developing different practices, cultural traditions, and the like. The problem arises when these become the badge of belonging, when they become the badge of righteousness.
  4. Peter asks the kind of question asked by those who keep records, who keep score. Which reminds me that we are a score-keeping people.
  5. When God’s strong Word is wedded to beautiful human words it makes for a potent one-two punch that fells the Devil and raises the saints.
  6. Jesus is showing the disciples that humility is not only about how we present ourselves before God. It also has to do with our love and service to the least among us.
  7. Christians are called to love even amid imperfect institutions, imperfect marriages and families, imperfect churches and congregations, and called to love even in our clunky and imperfect society.
  8. Like petulant children they bemoan their lot and continue to question their very existence. Nevertheless, God loves His wayward children.
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