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The gospel vs. self-reliance
This week the lectionary offers foundational verses of our faith. But the faith cannot live on a couple verses alone.
Consuming zeal: John 2:13-22
In the synoptic accounts of the cleansing of the temple, Jesus is being provocative. In John, he is provoked.
The beginner's Gospel (John 3:14-21)
Look, people are sinking under the waters. Here in this wilderness, people are perishing.
The beginner's Gospel (John 3:14-21)
Look, people are sinking under the waters. Here in this wilderness, people are perishing.
An embodied ideal: Jeremiah 31:7-14; John 1:(1-9), 10-18
It is not enough for the prophet to declare God’s consolation—it is framed in visions of loud singing and dancing.
Messianic complex: John 1:6-8, 19-28
John the Baptist baptized Jesus of Nazareth. The synoptic Gospels all say so, and the kerygma in Acts connects the beginning of Jesus’ ministry with that baptism. But although Mark seems to find it quite right that Jesus should have been among those who heeded John’s preaching, all the other evangelists seem discomfited by the suggestion that Jesus was somehow a disciple of this other preacher.
How do I love thee?
How could the disciples' hearts not be troubled?
Greater works than Christ's: John 14:1-14
Calling the roll is easier than following the leader.
Greater works than Christ's: John 14:1-14
Calling the roll is easier than following the leader.