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Speaking the Truth in Love

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Begin today with the story of David and Bathsheba from II Samuel. It’s a familiar tale and all too realistic. It could just as easily happen today as in ancient Palestine. The difference is that the prophet Nathan doesn’t let David off the hook, whether or not David was king. Hear the stinging indictment – [...]

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Where is your joy?

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

This section of Mark (1:40-45) has been picked apart time and again by scholars and theologians who focus on the action of Jesus. He healed the leper and then told him not to tell anyone. This seems to be in direct opposition to Jesus’ final words in Matthew 28, his instructions to his disciples in [...]

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