Preachers should be smart enough to understand that they are teaching things they don’t have any real knowledge of …. No one has ever proven a god … If god were real ,he wouldn’t need to be proven . Preach what you KNOW,not the things you believe without proof ! Your god is immoral….ever read that bible ?
Jesus weeping for death itself is very helpful for me as I prepare for all saints, as I prepare for a 46 years old funeral with her parents and children present, and as I process my own grief from death's shadow during the past year. Thank you.
Thank you Joyce!! God is giving you the power of prophetic love to help us face and address the moral and spiritual challenges of our present predicament with grace and truth. God bless you continually in your ministry to us.
I think the level of how difficult this text is where you start with who Jesus is - what does it mean to say that Jesus is both human and divine? If one believes Jesus is "without sin" first you have to define what that means: is it that he was not born with original sin since God is Jesus' "father", or that he never sinned. I hold to the former, and that in order for him to be fully human requires him to learn, and to sin of the understanding does not live in perfect relationship all the time. He gets tired, hungry, frustrated, and so yes this may be a situation where he is affected by his context and even if he isn't racist at the heart, might refer to someone in this way. He refers to others as hypocrites, vipers etc. So if Jesus is fully human AND fully divine, she can "bring him back to himself" with her reply. God learns from the very beginning - Adam and Eve do not die as God said they would when they eat the fruit, but are cast out of the Garden. Genesis 8 ends with God promising not to wipe everything off the earth. It is in the tradition of the OT/Hebrew Scripture. In Genesis 18:16-33 Abraham argues with God and God changes God's mind, reducing the number of righteous people that must be found in Sodom and Gomorrah. T
Hi All, I so appreciate the insight and deeper understanding you frequently gift me with. Today as a minister I am going to move from the Mark passage. My child was smart, compassionate, cute and a brat. She was also classified as nonverbal and a quadriplegic. So in my head my Maddie’s mom voice is asking all kinds of questions, starting with, “did Maddie think she needed to be healed?” The 15 years I was blessed to be her mom and the 10 years since her death I never got beyond the wisdom of a dad who’s son was medically complicated, basically he said, “It’s not our children who need to be healed. It’s us and our world that needs to label kids or anyone as having something, “wrong. “
I just found you online and listened for the first time. Thank you, thank you, thank you for such and insightful exploration, and for the gift of sharing!
In case others are curious about the book Matt referenced, I'm fairly sure it's Exquisite Desire: Religion, the Erotic, and the Songs of Songs by Carey Ellen Walsh.
LOL! Loved the opening comment about the "Bread of life discourse", never known so much time spent on one chapter! Keep up the good (and so helpful) work!
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I Timothy 2:8-15 [8] I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; [9] in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, [10] but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works. [11] Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. [12] And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. [13] For Adam was formed first, then Eve. [14] And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. [15] Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.
Just wanted to say that I very much appreciate the perspectives that you bring week after week. As a working United Methodist Preacher, this week was especially fun! Thanks for your careful, thoughtful, insightful and faithful work. And while I am sure that I'm not the only one, you help me in my weekly work of preaching the Good News about Jesus.
Address the conflict and uncomfortable until you find peace and rest in the same words. Push for more understanding. Be bold. Outside of that , all 3 of you are simply amazing. 🙏🏼
