“It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins” (10:4). So much, then, for the entire sacrificial system established in the first books in the Bible. …
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Even today, some churches go by the name of tabernacle. The tabernacle, whether as the tent in the wilderness or the temple in Jerusalem, is that place where God and…
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Nearly seventy years ago, William Barclay wrote: “[i]t is a grim commentary on human nature that many a book and many a play and many a film has had success…
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As part of our Lenten self-denial, in the spirit of Lent, today’s message will be a little longer than usual, and I do know that I can already run, um,…
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So Jesus was baptized. He wasn’t in need of it: John the Baptist was quite plain about that, confessing that, truly, John was the one in need of baptism at…
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Over these Sundays, I’ve been sharing with you what prophets of the Old Testament had to say about the one who was going to come. He would be the fulfillment…
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People were just floored by how Jesus spoke and taught. “[H]e taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law” (Mk 7:29). The rabbis said,…
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The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full…
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Churches just aren’t as evangelistic as they used to be. For Presbyterians, that might not be saying much, but it still ought to cause each of us to pause a…
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Between what we last heard from Luke and what we just heard, Jesus has performed additional healings, called additional disciples, and established that he is the Lord of the Sabbath:…
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