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Advent: Zechariah and Elizabeth 3
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xscot mcknight
Christmas meant a New Name for a baby: Luke 1:57-66 The neighbors were thrilled for Elizabeth (they do not mention Zechariah), and they understood her pregnancy and birth as the “great mercy” of the Lord. On the day of circumcision, the name is to be given – and the inevitable, traditional, customary, time-without-end practice of…
Why I am a pacifist
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xscot mcknight
The following is a slightly-adapted set of questions I used for a discussion with two others at Willow Creek Community Church’s TruthQuest event last spring. My responsibility was to take the pacifist side. I took the tack of asking questions, and I include here the outline I used that night. Some of the questions are…
Advent: Zechariah and Elizabeth 2
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xscot mcknight
Christmas meant Silence and Speech: Luke 1:18-25 Zechariah yearned for the day when God would step in and redeem Israel from its problems. But, when that day was announced, Zechariah, like Abraham (Gen 15:8), asked this question: “How can I be sure of this?” I am reminded also of Sara laughing. Acceptance of what God…
Aicha: Here’s a video!
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xscot mcknight
This is a video of a young man’s attempt to tell his love in song. Some, they say, have it all. This might become a hit.
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