Jul 28, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not...
Jul 21, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Lord, Teach Us How to Pray He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come....
Jul 14, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Where is the mother in this story? The disciples could not heal the boy. So the father appeals to Jesus, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son. He is my only child.” If he is a widower, those words are all the more poignant. The disciples had been of no help. ...
Jul 6, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
We have had Royal Commissions investigating institutional sexual abuse, and institutional financial abuse. Such abuses destroys lives and livelihoods. It confounds the people on the receiving end of abuse. They do not know where to turn for help. According to the...
Jun 29, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS, Uncategorized
The Commissioning of the Seventy(two)* *This is an example of where different early manuscripts say different things, and so this has been carried through in our different translations of the Bible. This passage is a mirroring of the commissioning of the twelve in...
