Tag: Pentecost
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Welcome to Babel–Grace in Wrath
Following God’s twofold promise, (1) to never destroy or curse the earth and (2) to never again flood the earth, Canaan is cursed and Shem and Japheth are blessed. In Chapter 10, Noah’s children have children who have children. In the third generation, nations have formed according to different languages and families. A man named…
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Cursed Trees and Cast Mountains
On Sunday, Jesus went into Jerusalem and cleansed the temple—tossing the tables of those who sold sacrifices and changed money, making the temple a market rather than a house of prayer for all nations. He spent the night in Bethany and now, Monday, travels back to Jerusalem. Matthew 21:18-22 Now in the morning, when He…
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It’s All About the Temple
Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and her colt. He rides up to the temple and enters. The crowds called Him the son of David, the rightful heir to David’s throne. David is known for reforming the nation of Israel concerning her religious practices (cf. 1 Chronicles 15ff). Jesus, who fulfilled David’s typological reign,…
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The Triumph of Christ
To introduce Holy Week, Matthew made sure we saw Jesus’s loving compassion. Just like he saw and condescended to to two blind beggars (cf. 20:29-34), he condescended to all humanity in order to give Himself as a ransom for many (cf. 20:28). It turns out that Jesus’s interaction with the blind men was a picture…
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Who does church growth depend on?
In many places around us and in this nation, when we ask how to grow a church, many people will answer that we must have good programs (something offered for every age), that we must have a preacher that appeals to a more charismatic group, that we must use the latest technology and that we…