There is a continental divide when it comes to biblical discipleship. Just as the watershed ridge of the continental divide separates the drainage of all river ways either into the Pacific Ocean to the west of the or the Atlantic Ocean to the east so it is with biblical discipleship. How you understand this matter…
“Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables . . .” Mark…
Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2 Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. Mark 3:1-2
Can you imagine what it must have been like to have been at the Temple that day Zechariah came out dumbfounded by the divine encounter with the Angel Gabriel? He was speechless, but pregnant with a word from God for the people. He couldn’t talk but he couldn’t keep quiet. He had a message but…
It is often referred to as “The Magnificat” which is Latin for magnify. It is a reference to Mary’s immortal exaltation of God which she declared at her cousin Elizabeth’s house upon hearing Elizabeth’s spirit-filled celebration. As you recall from last Sunday, Elizabeth and her yet-to-be-born baby boy John are filled with the Holy Spirit…