December 29, 2011 – 9:30 am
You will not need flash cards and you will not need to take tests. You will however, learn The Lord’s Prayer in the language of the New Testament, Koine Greek. You will also learn part of John 1 and Revelation 1. Along the way, you will learn the Greek alphabet, many Greek words, how to [...]
December 21, 2011 – 9:51 pm
When I was a boy, we always had Christmas morning at home with just my immediate family — mom, dad, my three sisters, and me. But on Christmas Eve…oh! on Christmas Eve, that is when Christmas really happened. At 5 o’clock or so, we would gather at Grandma and Grandpa Ryman’s house for dinner. The [...]
Reflections on the Expository Lectionary, May 16-22, 2011 Monday Morning Leviticus 23:15-21 This Sunday’s lesson, tells us the disciples had done just as Jesus commanded. He told them to go to Jerusalem and wait for the promised Holy Spirit. This they have done, searching the scriptures as they waited so they would be led therein [...]
Reflections on the Expository Lectionary, May 9 – 15, 2011 Monday Morning Matthew 10:2-4 The ones who will have a share in Jesus’ ministry are numbered 12. The immediate image of the 12 tribes of Israel spring to mind. These disciples whom Jesus called are just as surprising a choice as the brothers who [...]
Reflections on Morning & Evening Readings, May 2 – 8, 2011 Monday Morning Micah 4:6-7 What is God’s kingdom like? Probably not what we expect it to be. We often think in terms of stuff when we think of kingdoms. Castles, thrones, courts, and courtiers. But there are two particular factors to consider in this [...]
Reflections on Morning & Evening Readings, April 25 – May 1, 2011 Monday Morning Luke 1:1-4 Luke was a disciple of Paul; at least he was with him on most of his missionary journeys. He knew what was happening in the early development of the Church. I remember when I was first reading the [...]
Beginning May 21, 2011, I began preaching through all 23 of the New Testament letters. Each letter will be handled one pericope per Sunday. This is part of a new preaching series called the Expository Lectionary that I developed so that preachers may spend the time necessary to systematically preach through entire books of the [...]
When we put the Word of God in the back seat, front pews quickly fill with pretenders of truth. Without the objectivity of God’s Word we feel free to claim it is the Holy Spirit speaking in the sanctuary. Yet from the perspective of either God’s Word or eternity we will discover that the one [...]
In looking for books to read about the development of the English Bible, I ran across a copy of an early parallel Gospels in Google Books. I downloaded it immediately but some books I want to have in print. So I searched eBay and found a copy in England. It was published in London in [...]
November 21, 2010 – 11:19 am
A friend of mine mentioned minimalism the other day in a way that had nothing to do with music and art. Instead it involved everyday living, so I was intrigued. Then a friend (a member of my first church back in the 70s) on Facebook mentioned this site about being a consumer minimalist, so I [...]