Baffling Beatitudes VII: Shalom-Maker

March 25, 2012

Scripture Reading Matthew 5: 9 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. John 14: 23-27 23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love [...]

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Baffling Beatitudes VI: Hearts and Minds

March 18, 2012

Scripture Reading Matthew 5: 8 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. John 20: 24-31 24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to [...]

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Baffling Beatitudes V: Lord Have Mercy

March 11, 2012

Scripture Reading Matthew 5: 7 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Matthew 18: 21-35 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, [...]

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Baffling Beatitudes IV: Just Desserts?

March 4, 2012

Scripture Reading Amos 5: 21-24 21 “I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me. 22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them. 23 Away with the noise of [...]

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Baffling Beatitudes III: Humble Pie?

February 26, 2012

Scripture Reading Numbers 12: 1-9 1 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. 2 “Has the LORD spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?” And the LORD heard this. 3 (Now Moses was a very humble man, more [...]

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Bad Religion?

February 20, 2012

This weekend Doug Saunders wrote an interesting piece in the Globe and Mail on Baroness Warsi’s campaign to safeguard religion’s role in British public life. Saunders entitles his article, “The Problem in Public Life isn’t Islam, but Religion itself” declaring upfront his thesis. Is it true – is all religion bad? Once again we hear [...]

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Baffling Beatitudes II: Good Grief?

February 19, 2012

Scripture Reading 2 Kings 4: 1-7 1 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.” 2 Elisha replied to her, [...]

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