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    Scripture Guide, John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

    Author
    Jeff Volkmer
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15, John 13:10, John 14:7, John 14:13-14, John 13:31-32, John 14:19-21, John 14:16, John 14:15-18, John 3:8, John 8:46, Matthew 4:8-9, Luke 4:5-6, John 14:30, John 12:31, John 6:12, Ephesians 2:2, John 16:12, John 14:17, John 16:14, John 16:6, John 14:6
    Context The Upper Room Discourse Our Gospel reading for today takes place within what has come to be known as the “Upper Room discourse,” a stretch of Scripture unique to John’s Gospel that begins ...

  • lectionary

    Pentecost

    Author
    Jeff Volkmer
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15, John 15:26-27, John 16:4-15, John 13:10, John 14:7, John 14:13-14, John 13:31-32, John 14:19-21, John 14:16, John 14:15-18, John 3:8, John 8:46, Matthew 4:8-9, Luke 4:5-6, John 14:30, John 12:31, John 6:12, Ephesians 2:2, Hebrews 12:2, John 16:12, John 14:17, John 16:14, John 16:6, John 14:6
    Preaching Commentary Context The Upper Room Discourse Our Gospel reading for today takes place within what has come to be known as the “Upper Room discourse,” a stretch of Scripture unique to Jo...

  • liturgy

    O Jesus Christ, who fed the multitudes

    Author
    John E. Skoglund
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 14:19-20, John 6:35, Jeremiah 15:16, Colossians 3:16, Mark 10:43-45
    O Jesus Christ, who fed the multitudes upon the hillside, feed us now with your Word, that we too may be filled. Amen. God of truth, who desires that we live by your truth, may the words spoken this d...

  • liturgy

    May the Hero of all history talk

    Author
    Max Lucado
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Hebrews 1:1-2, John 10:27, Matthew 11:28-30, John 6:35, Psalm 139:1-4, Galatians 4:9, Zephaniah 3:17
    May the Hero of all history talk personally to you. May you find in Jesus the answer to the deepest needs of your life. May you remember your highest privilege: you are known by God and cherished by h...

  • scripture guide

    Scripture Guide, Matthew 14:13-21

    Author
    Jacob Traeger
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 14:13-21, Matthew 13:55, Matthew 14:2, Matthew 16:16, Matthew 17:1-13, Isaiah 55:1, John 6:1-15, Matthew 13:31, 2 Kings 4:42-44, Matthew 26:26, Matthew 8:null, Galatians 6:2
    Context The feeding of the 5,000 in Matthew occurs within a section where questions of Jesus’ identity are heightened. Two incorrect answers of who Jesus truly is are given in 13:55 (“isn’t this the...

  • lectionary

    10th Sunday after Pentecost

    Author
    Jacob Traeger
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 14:13-21, Matthew 13:55, Matthew 14:2, Matthew 16:16, Matthew 17:1-13, Isaiah 55:1, John 6:1-15, Matthew 13:31, 2 Kings 4:42-44, Matthew 26:26, Matthew 8:null, Galatians 6:2
    Preaching Commentary Context The feeding of the 5,000 in Matthew occurs within a section where questions of Jesus’ identity are heightened. Two incorrect answers of who Jesus truly is are given in...

  • blog

    Sermon Illustration Tuesday (3.26)

    Author
    Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Luke 24:27, John 1:1, Matthew 7:24, John 5:39, John 6:35, John 15:5
    In his wonderful book, God’s Big Picture , Vaughan Roberts gives readers an overview of the Bible, focusing on the importance of context for developing a deeper understanding of holy scripture. In ...

  • Quote

    Author
    Elisabeth Elliot
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 26:36-39, Matthew 4:1-11, Matthew 3:13-17, Luke 4:16-21, John 6:5-14, Matthew 17:1-5
    Jesus loved the will of His Father. He embraced the limitations, the necessities, the conditions, the very chains of His humanity as He walked and worked here on earth, fulfilling moment by moment His...

  • illustration

    The Greatest Imaginable Number of Readings

    Author
    David Hare
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 22:21, Isaiah 5:8-9, John 6:63, Matthew 22:15-22, John 8:1-11, Colossians 2:2-3, 2 Timothy 3:16-17
    Jesus Christ was prone to making comments which seem to support an almost infinite variety of exegesis. A remark like ‘Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars and ‘unto God the things that are ...

  • Quote

    Author
    Albert Einstein
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 6:68, John 1:14, Matthew 7:28-29, Luke 24:32, Mark 1:27
    No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life.

  • Quote

    Author
    C. S. Lewis
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 6:68, Matthew 7:28-29, Mark 12:29-31, Matthew 5:7, John 14:6, Matthew 16:15-16, John 18:33-38
    The discrepancy between the depth and sanity, and (let me add) shrewdness, of his moral teaching and the rampant megalomania which must lie behind his theological teaching unless he is indeed God, has...

  • Quote

    Author
    Eugene Peterson
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 6:11, John 15:5, Philippians 4:19, John 6:1-14, Luke 11:5-9, Psalm 34:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9
    When we listen to and follow Jesus, who lived in continual dependence on his Father, we become convinced of our poverty as men and women. We realize our absolute neediness. We are all beggars. Father ...