Aug 26, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Jesus is our mentor in the ways of faithful living. Jesus is dining at a Pharisee’s home. In Luke, the writer shows Jesus as friendly with the Pharisees, supporting the Pharisees’ view of the Resurrection of the righteous. Jesus tells a story about a banquet to call...
Aug 20, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Jesus was constantly being watched by the religious leaders of the time. They were always looking for ways to catch Him out and were trying to always prove His methods as being wrong. They were jealous of His teaching, the way that He healed people and the way that...
Aug 20, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, all is vanity! I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after the wind. The Hebrew word for vanity, means transitory and unsatisfactory, fleeting, like the wind. “What is vanity? What...
Jul 29, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, all is vanity! I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after the wind. The Hebrew word for vanity, means transitory and unsatisfactory, fleeting, like the wind. “What is vanity? What...
Jul 14, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
July 21: Amos 8:1-12 Psalm 52 Col 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42 Reflection on Col 1:15-28: This is cosmic big picture stuff! The Big Bang and Evolution claim that time and chance produced the universe and life – a mere random process. This...
Jul 7, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
July 14: Amos 7:7-17 Psalm 82 Col 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37 Reflection on Psalm 82 We have had Royal Commissions investigating institutional sexual abuse, and institutional financial abuse. Such abuses destroys lives and livelihoods. It confounds the...
