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You're reading or praying through the Psalms and you come across one where David prays for terrible things to happen to his enemies. For God to bring disaster upon enemies. And you can't help but think how unChristian this is! “I can't pray for this!” you think to yourself, “Aren't we supposed to https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205%3A44&version=NIV (pray FOR our enemies) and https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2012%3A14&version=NIV (BLESS those who curse us)?” That's the subject of this episode. Psalm 109 ESV A PSALM OF DAVID. 1 Be not silent, O God of my praise!  2 For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.  3 They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.  4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer.  5 So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.  6 Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. 7 When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin! 8 May his days be few; may another take his office! 9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow!  10 May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!  11 May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!  12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children!  13 May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!  14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!  15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!  16 For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.  17 He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!  18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!  19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day!  20 May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life!  21 But you, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!  22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.  23 I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.  24 My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat.  25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads.  26 Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love!  27 Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it!  28 Let them curse, but you will bless! They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!  29 May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!  30 With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.  31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death. 2 Timothy 4:14-18 (ESV) Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message. At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them! But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory

May 9, 2021. Today's sermon is on how we humans are formed, shaped, and breathed into being by the hands and breath of God, and how we abide in God and God abides in us. Readings: Acts 10:44-48, Psalm 98, John 15:9-17 *** Transcript *** So many things from today's readings jump out at me. Abiding in love, like Mr. Jesse just talked about. Giving of one's life. The Spirit anointing Gentiles. But today, I have to start with the psalm: “Sing to the Lord a new song!” This simple phrase has me almost in tears even this morning, knowing that our choir gathered together on Wednesday evening, wearing masks and keeping a safe distance, to do just that — sing to the Lord a new song, or perhaps old songs, for the first time since March 15, 2020, over a year ago! And for just a moment, before we go any further, it is worth celebrating the truth and promise that even 14 months of pandemic life have not, and cannot, erase the connections between us, and that the Spirit will not be contained. Sing to the Lord, indeed! The circumcised believers who were with Peter at Cornelius' household were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles. They were astounded that people who differed from them in religious practice and ethnicity could be chosen by God. Have you ever been astounded by who God chose? Surprised by who showed up at just the right time, with just the right gifts for the situation at hand? Shocked by who spoke the words you needed to hear, to the point where you knew God had led you right to them? It has happened to me on more than one occasion, I will admit. This sense of astounded-ness in the case of the “circumcised believers” was compounded by the fact that those clearly beloved and chosen by God were absolutely, undeniably, other. There were people meant to be part of the promise, worthy of the love that was talked so much about in the Gospel of John, and there were those who just weren't. And the Gentiles? They weren't. It doesn't help that Hollywood has conditioned us to believe that love is simply an emotion. Either someone is attractive, or they aren't. Either someone is lovable, or they aren't. Either we have an emotional response to them, or we don't. And I am quite sure that all of us can think of people, ones we know and ones we know of, that are difficult for us to love. People that even seem to be unworthy of love. We all know this challenge. We all know just how hard it is sometimes to make the choice to love, to put love into action as Jesus does. We all know that love, contrary to Hollywood's illusion, requires intention, sacrifice, and commitment that perseveres even through the hardest of times. Jesus even tells us that love means laying your life down for others, and Jesus certainly did that for us, all the way to death on the cross. And we all know that truthfully, we humans simple aren't capable of loving this way. And that brings me to the phrase John uses several times at the beginning of today's gospel: abiding in love. Abide is not a word we use often, and when we do, it usually means “obey,” as in “abide by my rules” or “abide by the guidelines we've agreed on.” The Greek word used in this passage, however, has a very different connotation: to remain, to be present, to be held, continually. Different, right? Jesus is not inviting us to strive, to exhaust ourselves, only to ultimately fail at loving our neighbors. Jesus is inviting us to abide in God's love. Debie Thomas writes this week in her blog, “Journey with Jesus,” ”My problem is that I often treat Jesus as a role model, and then despair when I can't live up to his high standards. But abiding in something is not the same as emulating it. In the vine-and-branches metaphor, Jesus' love is not our example; it's our  source. It's where our love originates and deepens. Where it replenishes itself. In other words, if we don't abide, we can't love. Jesus' commandment to us is not that we wear ourselves out, trying to conjure love from our own easily depleted resources. Rather, it's that we abide in the holy place where divine love becomes possible. That we make our home in Jesus's love — the most abundant and inexhaustible love in existence.” When I have struggled to love, one of the most powerful ways I have learned to invite God in is to pray the Prayer of St. Francis. You may be familiar with it — Make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. At a time when I had to frequently encounter people by whom I felt wounded, I would take time to pray this prayer, for them, and for myself, by name. Asking God to love me and love through me, because I felt empty. Asking God to bring healing for my woundedness, and in the process, seeing their woundedness as well. Claiming the faith of God, for them and for myself. I had long drives at that time, and sometimes I would find that it had taken me the entire drive — nearly two hours — just to get through the prayer. We humans, formed and shaped and breathed into being by the hands and breath of God, abide in God, and God abides in us. Because of that, there is nothing that can erase the Spirit's presence in and among us, nothing that can contain the creative, expansive, extravagant love of God. It is this truth that makes it possible for us to embody the love of God in this beautiful, crazy, dynamic, sometimes broken world that God has made. So, sing to God, in whom we abide, a new song! Celebrate the Spirit that blows away all barriers, and connects us to one another, creation, and God who created it all. No matter the struggles, let us remind one another always to abide in God, who loves in us and through us when we just can't. Sing to the Lord, indeed. Thanks be to God. *** Keywords *** 2021, Christ Lutheran Church, Webster Groves, sermon, podcast, transcript, YouTube, video, Pastor Meagan McLaughlin, Acts 10:44-48, Psalm 98, John 15:9-17, Jesse Helton

Centuries before Jesus was born, the Psalm of the Old Testament told of him. Jesus told his disciples that everything would be fulfilled that was written about him in the Psalms (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2024%3A44&version=NIV (Luke 24:44)). So whenever we read the Psalms we should look for Jesus. And we clearly find him in Psalm 89. When you praise the Jesus seen in Psalm 89, your life will become larger, filled with the promise of all that God is for you in Christ. Psalm 89 ESV 1 I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.  2 For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.” 3 You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: 4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'”  5 Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.  15 Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face,  16 who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.  26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'  27 And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.  28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.  29 I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens. 33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.  34 I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips. 35 Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.  36 His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.  37 Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies. 52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. Follow Dave Cover on Twitter https://twitter.com/davecover (@davecover) Follow A Bigger Life on Twitter https://twitter.com/abiggerlifepod (@ABiggerLifePod) This podcast is a ministry of https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (The Crossing), a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.  Like this content? Make sure to share it with others and leave us a rating, so others can find it too.

While all the Psalms were written centuries before Jesus was born, Psalm 47 (much like we saw in our last episode on Psalm 45) brings the future reign of Jesus into our present praises. And in doing so it helps us to lift up our eyes to see the bigger horizon of our bigger story. It really is amazing how the Holy Spirit inspired these psalms with prophetic insight to see a future better detailed in the last two chapters of the Bible. Of course, all the Bible gives us glimpses into this story, as Jesus says in https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2024%3A44&version=NIV (Luke 24:44). Including (if not especially) the Psalms. Again, if we can see the bigger story our life is in because God became Jesus and lived and died and rose again and is returning with his resurrection kingdom — there is a life-lifting power in that. Like with Psalm 45, at first pass we may not think this psalm has much to offer us in worshiping God. But it is another amazing Holy Spirit inspired prophetic announcement of the bigger story our life is in.  Psalm 47 ESV 1 Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!  2 For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.  3 He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.  4 He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah  5 God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.  6 Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!  7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!  8 God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.  9 The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted! Follow Dave Cover on Twitter https://twitter.com/davecover (@davecover) Follow A Bigger Life on Twitter https://twitter.com/abiggerlifepod (@ABiggerLifePod) This podcast is a ministry of https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (The Crossing), a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.  Like this content? Make sure to share it with others and leave us a rating, so others can find it too.

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A Nagging Thoughts series to compare & contrast #Christian & Islamic #complementarian traditions for the purposes of exposing longstanding sexist #theology and marriage idolatry within The Body of Christ. This episode I CONTRAST Christian & Islamic traditions concerning the "godly" hierarchical organization of gender & marriage._____BIBLE CITATIONSProverbs 14:12https://biblehub.com/proverbs/14-12.htmProverbs 16:25https://biblehub.com/proverbs/16-25.htm John 8:43https://biblehub.com/john/8-43.htm2 Corinthians 6:14https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-14.htmDeuteronomy 22:10https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/22-10.htmPsalm 91:2https://biblehub.com/psalms/91-2.htmJohn 19:30https://biblehub.com/john/19-30.htmLuke 14:26https://biblehub.com/luke/14-26.htmMatthew 10:37https://biblehub.com/matthew/10-37.htmJohn 14:6https://biblehub.com/john/14-6.htmEphesians 5:23https://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-23.htm1 Corinthians 14:33https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/14-33.htmMatthew 23:8-12https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+23%3A8-12&version=NETMark 10:31https://biblehub.com/mark/10-31.htmMatthew 23:11https://biblehub.com/matthew/23-11.htm1 Corinthians 15:24https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/15-24.htmIsaiah 55:9https://biblehub.com/isaiah/55-9.htm2 Corinthians 5:21https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/5-21.htm2 Timothy 4:1https://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-1.htm1 Corinthians 6:3https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/6-3.htmJohn 10:18https://biblehub.com/john/10-18.htmHebrews 7:24-25https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+7%3A24-25&version=NET1 Corinthians 2:9https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/2-9.htmIsaiah 64:4 https://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-4.htm1 Corinthians 1:25https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-25.htmMark 10:44-45https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+10%3A44-45&version=NETJohn 18:36https://biblehub.com/john/18-36.htmMatthew 26:52https://biblehub.com/matthew/26-52.htmDeuteronomy 24:16https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/24-16.htmRomans 5:12https://biblehub.com/romans/5-12.htm1 Corinthians 15:45-47https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15%3A45-47&version=NETJohn 3:1-8https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A1-8&version=NET1 John 4 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+4+&version=NETEphesians 4:15https://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-15.htmJohn 8:58https://biblehub.com/john/8-58.htmJohn 17:5https://biblehub.com/john/17-5.htmMatthew 28:18https://biblehub.com/matthew/28-18.htm_____QUR'AN CITATIONS Qur'an 11:1http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=11&verse=1Qur'an 4:34http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=4&verse=34Qur’an 2:228http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=2&verse=228Qur’an 8:27http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=18&verse=27

A Nagging Thoughts series to compare & contrast #Christian & Islamic #complementarian traditions for the purposes of exposing longstanding sexist #theology and marriage idolatry within The Body of Christ. This episode I CONTRAST Christian & Islamic traditions concerning the "godly" hierarchical organization of gender & marriage._____BIBLE CITATIONSProverbs 14:12https://biblehub.com/proverbs/14-12.htmProverbs 16:25https://biblehub.com/proverbs/16-25.htm John 8:43https://biblehub.com/john/8-43.htm2 Corinthians 6:14https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-14.htmDeuteronomy 22:10https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/22-10.htmPsalm 91:2https://biblehub.com/psalms/91-2.htmJohn 19:30https://biblehub.com/john/19-30.htmLuke 14:26https://biblehub.com/luke/14-26.htmMatthew 10:37https://biblehub.com/matthew/10-37.htmJohn 14:6https://biblehub.com/john/14-6.htmEphesians 5:23https://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-23.htm1 Corinthians 14:33https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/14-33.htmMatthew 23:8-12https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+23%3A8-12&version=NETMark 10:31https://biblehub.com/mark/10-31.htmMatthew 23:11https://biblehub.com/matthew/23-11.htm1 Corinthians 15:24https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/15-24.htmIsaiah 55:9https://biblehub.com/isaiah/55-9.htm2 Corinthians 5:21https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/5-21.htm2 Timothy 4:1https://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-1.htm1 Corinthians 6:3https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/6-3.htmJohn 10:18https://biblehub.com/john/10-18.htmHebrews 7:24-25https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+7%3A24-25&version=NET1 Corinthians 2:9https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/2-9.htmIsaiah 64:4 https://biblehub.com/isaiah/64-4.htm1 Corinthians 1:25https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-25.htmMark 10:44-45https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+10%3A44-45&version=NETJohn 18:36https://biblehub.com/john/18-36.htmMatthew 26:52https://biblehub.com/matthew/26-52.htmDeuteronomy 24:16https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/24-16.htmRomans 5:12https://biblehub.com/romans/5-12.htm1 Corinthians 15:45-47https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15%3A45-47&version=NETJohn 3:1-8https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A1-8&version=NET1 John 4 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+4+&version=NETEphesians 4:15https://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-15.htmJohn 8:58https://biblehub.com/john/8-58.htmJohn 17:5https://biblehub.com/john/17-5.htmMatthew 28:18https://biblehub.com/matthew/28-18.htm_____QUR'AN CITATIONS Qur'an 11:1http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=11&verse=1Qur'an 4:34http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=4&verse=34Qur’an 2:228http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=2&verse=228Qur’an 8:27http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=18&verse=27

In this episode of the Digital Field Service The Revd Ollie North leads us in a short act of Christian Worship which explores the parables of the treasure and the pearl. Our Thought for the Day is provided by The Revd Andrew Fordyce, Officiating Chaplain to 16 Medical Regiment. Our Bible reading is Matthew 13:44-46 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+13%3A44-46&version=CEV) Our opening prayer, prayer of absolution and blessing come from www.churchofengland.org/ and the remainder of our service comes from www.rootsontheweb.com/ To find out more about the Digital Field Service, visit us at: www.facebook.com/DigiFieldService/ or twitter.com/DigiFieldChurch

We know we live in a fallen world, but how do we fix it? What's the solution? Find out from Learning to Follow Jesus (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/). Interested in more content like this? Check out our earlier episode on Genesis (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/series/genesis/). Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit our Twitter (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) @TheCrossingCOMO and @TenMinuteBibleTalks.   Outline 0:20 - Curse of Modern World: Inability to trust each other 2:15 - What our world needs 2:30 - Can the Church Survive COVID-19? (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/can-the-church-survive-covid-19/) 3:10 - Luke 23.44-49 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+23%3A44-49&version=ESV): Jesus's death 4:10 - Amos 8.9-10 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Amos+8%3A9-10&version=ESV): Darkness 5:55 - Hebrews 10.19-25 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A19-25&version=ESV): Holiest of places 6:25 - Psalm 22.1 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+22.1&version=ESV): "It is finished" 6:55 - Psalm 31 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+31&version=ESV): "Into your hands, I commit my spirit" 7:25 - Roman centurion witnessing Jesus's death 9:00 - Greek crowd's lamentation of Jesus's death 10:20 - What our world desperately wants 11:35 - Subscribe. Rate. Share.   Social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks/ (https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo)   Passages Luke 23.44-49: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+23%3A44-49&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+23%3A44-49&version=ESV) Amos 8.9-10: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Amos+8%3A9-10&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Amos+8%3A9-10&version=ESV) Hebrews 10.19-25: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A19-25&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A19-25&version=ESV) Psalm 22.1: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+22.1&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+22.1&version=ESV) Psalm 31: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+31&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+31&version=ESV)   Resources Sacra Pagina: The Gospel of Luke Commentary by Luke Timothy Johnson: https://www.amazon.com/Sacra-Pagina-Gospel-Timothy-Johnson/dp/0814659667/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sacra+pagina+luke&qid=1577984288&s=books&sr=1-1 (https://www.amazon.com/Sacra-Pagina-Gospel-Timothy-Johnson/dp/0814659667/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sacra+pagina+luke&qid=1577984288&s=books&sr=1-1) The Gospel According to Luke by James Edwards: https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-according-Pillar-Testament-Commentary-ebook/dp/B00WIVFQ1C (https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-according-Pillar-Testament-Commentary-ebook/dp/B00WIVFQ1C)   Related What Columbia Really Needs: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/what-columbia-really-needs/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/what-columbia-really-needs/) Can the Church Survive COVID-19?: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/can-the-church-survive-covid-19/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/can-the-church-survive-covid-19/) Why We Need a King: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/why-we-need-a-king-learning-to-follow-jesus-luke-19-28-44/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/why-we-need-a-king-learning-to-follow-jesus-luke-19-28-44/) Learning to Follow Jesus:... Support this podcast

In this episode of the Digital Field Service The Revd Ollie North and Army Scripture Reader, Steve Curley lead us in a short act of Christian worship . The Theme of the service is the Ascension of Jesus and the Bible reading is Luke 24:50-53 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+24%3A44-53&version=CEV) Our prayers of intercession are from Roots for Churches Ltd and are available at www.rootsontheweb.com/ . The remaider of our service comes from www.churchofengland.org/. To find out more about Army Scripture Readers and the work of the SASRA - The Soldiers' & Airmen's Scripture Readers Association, please visit: www.sasra.org.uk/ To find out more about the Digital Field Service, visit us at: www.facebook.com/DigiFieldService/ or twitter.com/DigiFieldChurch

"The way to life is death. The way to glory is service. Or, as he puts it in Luke 9.48, 'It is the one who is least among you who is greatest.' Jesus lived that statement out to the fullest." Do you ever wonder why Jesus had to die? It's a good question. It's one his disciples asked too. They didn't expect it to happen when he told them about it beforehand, and they didn't know how to react to it afterward. Get a better understanding of what Easter is about in this episode as Learning to Follow Jesus (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/) . Did you miss our Good Friday and Easter services? No worries! Access them again here (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/featured-event/good-friday-and-easter/) . To learn more, visit our Twitter (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) @TheCrossingCOMO.   Outline 0:00 - Review 1:25 - Luke 9 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9&version=NIV) : a decisive turning point 2:15 - Luke 9.51 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A51&version=NIV) 3:20 - Luke 9.28-31 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9&version=NIV) 4:00 - "Exodus" 5:55 - Luke 9.44-45 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A44-45&version=NIV) 7:10 - Why Jesus's death isn't the end of the story 7:40 - Luke 9.48 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A48&version=NIV) 8:00 - The challenge 8:20 - Subscribe. Rate. Share.   Social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo)   Passages Luke 9: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9&version=NIV) Luke 9.51: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A51&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A51&version=NIV) Luke 9:28-31: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A28-31&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A28-31&version=NIV) Luke 9.44-45: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A44-45&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A44-45&version=NIV) Luke 9.48: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A48&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A48&version=NIV)   Resources Good Friday Service: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/featured-event/good-friday-and-easter/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/featured-event/good-friday-and-easter/) Sacra Pagina: The Gospel of Luke Commentary by Luke Timothy Johnson: https://www.amazon.com/Sacra-Pagina-Gospel-Timothy-Johnson/dp/0814659667/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sacra+pagina+luke&qid=1577984288&s=books&sr=1-1 (https://www.amazon.com/Sacra-Pagina-Gospel-Timothy-Johnson/dp/0814659667/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sacra+pagina+luke&qid=1577984288&s=books&sr=1-1) The Gospel According to Luke by James Edwards: https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-according-Pillar-Testament-Commentary-ebook/dp/B00WIVFQ1C (https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-according-Pillar-Testament-Commentary-ebook/dp/B00WIVFQ1C)   Related Learning to Follow Jesus: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/) Support this podcast

02/02/2020 Tim ChampIt's All About Love, But what Does That Mean?1 Corinthians 13:1-13John 5:20John 2:2John 3:161 John 4:9-10Romans 5:8Matthew 5:44Mattew 19:191 John 3:10

Luke 23:44-56 The Death of Jesus44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”[a] When he had said this, he breathed his last.47 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” 48 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. 49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.The Burial of Jesus50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

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Central To Gospel, Christ Pastor Douglas Pierce Readings Philippians 1:1-18 Luke 9:44-50

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The Parables of Grace - hidden treasure and the pearl of great value Matthew 13:44-46 Speaker: Paul Fiske aletheiachurch.com https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+13%3A44-46&version=ESV

Category: Christology Primary Biblical Texts: Mark 15:33-41 Supplementary Texts and References: Matthew 27:45-54; Luke 23:44-49 Listen: https://evangel.bandcamp.com/track/via-dolorosa-feat-voice Label: ChristCentric Album: Eden's Gift (Rare & Features) Find Us: Google+ Facebook Background Music by: Cal3b