Living by the Word - August, 2012

Living by the Word

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Mark 7:24–37

Aug 28, 2012 by Christopher A. Henry

On August 2, 2010, a column in the New York Times struck a chord with a number of my colleagues—by the end of the day it was posted on the Facebook pages of more than 30 of them. These friends had one important characteristic in common with each other and with me. Each had graduated from seminary in recent years and each was serving in some ministry context, often in congregations.

Living by the Word

Sunday, September 2, 2012

James 1:17–27

Aug 21, 2012 by Wallace W. Bubar

It was called the six-point record system. In the Southern Baptist church of my childhood, the offering envelopes in the pews had the usual line for your name and the amount of your contribution.

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Sunday, August 26, 2012

John 6:56–69

Aug 14, 2012 by Wallace W. Bubar

What was Jesus thinking? He had such a great following before he spoke. He’d just fed 5,000 people, and they were ready to sign up to become disciples. This would’ve been the time to use his best preaching material—toss out a few Beatitudes, or tell a couple of stories about farmers or sheep. Jesus could have had the biggest church in town.

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Sunday, August 19, 2012

John 6:51–58

Aug 07, 2012 by Audrey West

My nephew is a walking question mark. What’s for dinner? When will my daddy get a job? Will Grampa live to be 100? He does not know it, but his questions sound a lot like the ones that pop up in my news feed: How safe is our food supply? What will happen to the economy? Can Medicare cope with the rising number of baby boomers entering the system?