Posts Tagged ‘baptism’

  • E100-55: Matthew 3:13 – 4:17: Testing the Messiah

    Jul 2, 10 • E100, Jesus, MatthewComments Off on E100-55: Matthew 3:13 – 4:17: Testing the Messiah
    E100-55: Matthew 3:13 – 4:17: Testing the Messiah

    Matthew has introduced Jesus, giving his genealogy, linking him to the story of God’s chosen people in particular to David the great king (messiah) and Abraham the ancestor (patriarch) whom God first chose and blessed to be the blessing of the rest of humanity, and four really interesting women. He has told the birth, with [&hellip...

  • E100-54: Luke 3:1 – 3:20: Baptism by water and by fire

    Jul 1, 10 • E100, Jesus, LukeComments Off on E100-54: Luke 3:1 – 3:20: Baptism by water and by fire
    E100-54: Luke 3:1 – 3:20: Baptism by water and by fire

    How would you take to John as preacher in your church? He certainly had an attention grabbing opening: You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Luke 3:7 If a little lacking in pastoral skills 😉 But for a modern audience it actually gets harder, just as John seems [&hellip...

  • E100-53: Luke 2:1 – 2:40: Jesus’ birth

    Jun 30, 10 • E100, LukeComments Off on E100-53: Luke 2:1 – 2:40: Jesus’ birth
    E100-53: Luke 2:1 – 2:40: Jesus’ birth

    This is perhaps the chapter of the Bible that more people have partly heard than any other. We have also heard things that aren’t there: like the animals around the manger who don’t get a mention in Luke’s account – perhaps because their presence in houses as well as “stables” they were taken for granted. [&hellip...