Today we are going to finish up our week in Philippians 4: 4-14 by looking at the World in Front of the Text of this passage. What does this passage mean to our lives? Believe me, there is a lot … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Philippians 4: 4-14 – The World of the Text, Part Two
I hope you each had a holy start to your Lenten season yesterday with Ash Wednesday. Let us pray for each other in this season, that through our discipline, we will be drawn closer to the loving embrace of our … Continue reading
Ash Wednesday 2020
Today is Ash Wednesday. It’s a day that many Christians honor, but we do we do it? What is the deal with Ash Wednesday and this thing called Lent? Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the season known as Lent. It’s … Continue reading
Philippians 4: 4-14 – The World of the Text, Part One
This week, with our them being celebration and joy, we are looking at one of the more joyous passages in all the Bible, Philippians 4: 4-14. Today we’ll look at the World of the Text, what is this passage actually saying? … Continue reading
Philippians 4: 4-14: The World Behind the Text
This week we are going to be looking at Philippians 4: 4-14. Today we’ll be looking at the World Behind the Text, what is happening in the world all around this passage. This is the first time this year we’ve looked … Continue reading
Why We Buy the Field
This week we’ve been looking at Jeremiah 32: 1-15; 36-44, and I’ll have to admit it’s been very poignant for me. Everyone (or almost everyone) here at St. Matthew’s knows that we are in the midst of a Captial Campaign to … Continue reading
Jeremiah 32: 1-15; 36-44 – The World in Front of the Text
We’ve been looking deeper this week at Jeremiah 32: 1-15; 36-44 as well at what the concept of being a prophet was and is. Yes, there are still prophets today, there are those folks that have a specific calling to speak … Continue reading
Jeremiah 32: 1-15; 36-44 – The World of the Text
This week we’ve been looking at Jeremiah 32: 1-15; 36-44. We’ve talked about who the Biblical prophet was and we looked at the World Behind the Text for this part of Jeremiah. Today we are going to look at the World … Continue reading
Jeremiah 32: 1-15; 36-44 – The World Behind the Text
This week we are looking at Jeremiah 32: 1-15; 36-44. Yesterday we took a deeper look at who exactly an Old Testament prophet was, and we find that it is not really what we may have thought, the prophet doesn’t so much predict … Continue reading
Jeremiah 32: 1-15; 36-44 – What is a Prophet?
This week we are going to be looking at Jeremiah 32: 1-15; 36-44. Jeremiah is often called the weeping prophet, as his book is full of sadness and pain over the capture and destruction of Jerusalem. He wrote this book that … Continue reading