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 Today is the second Sunday of Advent. What is growing  inside of you? Text: Luke 1:26-35 Mary  Luke 1:11-15 John the Baptist During this advent season we prepare our hearts and minds to  celebrate the the birth of Christ. We c…

Text: Luke 13:10-13 (NIV) 10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus…

  I Kings 10:1-2 NIV  Text:  When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions. 2 Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan—w…

  Peter Helztel’s contribution to The Justice Project entitled “The Holy Spirit of Justice” clearly articulates the events at “Pentecost” as “providing a template for the Christian movement as a Spirit-empow…

Excerpt  from “Religious Education, Journey Beyond the Insularity of the Religious Text” by Jay Glover  Language of Separation and Violence That Undergirds Religious Education      The task of religious educati…

When I look for words to describe “The Kingdom of God” I am led to acknowledge that we certainly live in the tension between the now and the not yet.  Jesus is coming back again to fully “make manifest” the kingdom of G…

Theme: Justification Text:  Psalm 23:3  3 He restores my soul;He leads me in the paths of righteousnessFor His name’s sake 1-Definition:  “Justification is the judicial act of God, by which an individual is brough…

Text: Matthew 22:9-10 9  Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.' 10  So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled wi…

Text: Mark 10:17-20 (NIV)  17  As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"  18  "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answere…

Religious Education and the Need for a Cross-border Theological Framework-Excerpt from “Religious Education” by Jay Glover available on Amazon         Theology can be defined as “faith that seeks understa…