“But when [Jesus] heard this, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.” (Matthew 9:12-13) Greetings, Fighter, The statement from Jesus that appears above …
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“Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet they are not three eternals …
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“In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.” (Acts 2:17) Greetings, Fighter, It’s Pentecost Sunday this week – the Feast of the …
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“By your agony and bitter grief; by your cross and passion; by your precious death and burial; by your glorious resurrection and ascension; and by the coming of the Holy Spirit, good Lord, deliver us.” Greetings, Fighter, I’m breaking with tradition today. The quote above is not from any of this week’s Bible readings. It’s …
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I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” (John 14:18) Greetings Fighter. It’s a metaphor – “I will not leave you as orphans” – but the original Greek word, ‘orphanous’, is unambiguous in its meaning. Jesus, as our loving parent, is not going to abandon us. The Amplified Bible translation conveys …
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“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Greetings Fighter. There was a time when, as a younger man, I used to feel charged up by these words in John 14:6 – “No one comes to the Father except through me”. They …
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“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.” (Psalm 23:6) Greetings Fighter. This verse from the twenty-third Psalm heralds the arrival of Shepherding Sunday. It’s celebrated each year on the fourth Sunday of Easter. It’s the day when …
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“When [Jesus] was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.” (Luke 24:30-31) Greetings Fighter. We’re approaching the third Sunday of Easter – more than two weeks after our celebration of …
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“But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails …
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“After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and …
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
