Like the two previous days, Tuesday of Passion Week was very busy, but in somewhat a different fashion. Sunday was largely about the entrance into Jerusalem and Jesus presenting Himself in the temple along with teachings and healings. Monday was full of healings and teachings along with anger and discouragement. Tuesday was largely marked by confrontations. Returning... Continue Reading →
That Monday
Monday, at dusk of Passion Week, Jesus returned to the sanctuary provided by Lazarus, Martha and Mary at Bethany. How good it is to have dear friends who put their lives on the line for a friend. Friends can be poor friends in that they are too self-serving (eros love) or they can be very committed like... Continue Reading →
The Cleansing
On a Monday in history, Jesus presented Himself to the Jewish nation for inspection as God’s Lamb for sacrifice. One event of that day was His anger expressed over the worship mechanism on temple mount. Mark 11:15-17, So they came to Jerusalem. Then Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and... Continue Reading →
Isaiah 61
We are familiar with the story of Jesus teaching in His hometown of Nazareth on a Sabbath that nearly cost Him his life: His own people attempted to throw Him over a cliff but He walked through them to safety (Luke 4:16-30). Why? He read part of a sentence from the book of Isaiah and then proceeded... Continue Reading →
Ahead for Each Person and for the Planet
STANDING STONE BIBLE CHURCH | Sermon Notes | March 21, 2021 Ahead for each person and for the planet... Death (Heb 9:27), followed by Eternal Life – Luke 16:22-23, So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. And being in torments in Hades, he lifted... Continue Reading →
Shootings
March 16, eight women were gunned down at three different locations in Atlanta, GA. Then on March 22, ten were murdered in a grocery store in Boulder, CO. It seemed that the mass killing issue had subsided over the past years after being pained by one or more in most years since the April 20, 1999,... Continue Reading →
Isaiah 42:5-6
SSB Men's Study 03/18/2021 Trials, troubles, pain, loss, suffering, evil, injustice, fears, enemies, threats, shortfalls, and the like - they are all part of living in a selfish, evil, broken and sin-infested world. So, just how does one cope? The story of Job is a great help. Not because it gives us a clue as to... Continue Reading →
These Days…
March 15 – Beware of the Ides of March – March 15. In old Rome it was the deadline for settling debts (something like our April 15 with taxes) and it was the day in 44 BC that Julius Caesar met his Maker as he was assassinated. Such marked a change from a Roman Republic to a... Continue Reading →
I Peter 4:1-2
Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. I Peter 4:1-2 “Therefore” ties us to... Continue Reading →
Equity and Speech
We have heard the word “equity” used much in the past weeks leaving many of us wondering why. I heard “Benny” of NewsmaxTV give these definitions and reasons [NewsmaxTV | The Benny Report | March 6, 2021]: “Equality is about all having equal opportunity. Equity is about all having equal outcome. Equality is about Capitalism and Equity is about Communism.”... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 