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Mark 13:24-37 – Advent: One of Those Dangerous Religious Ideas
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By Matthew L. Skinner Here comes Black Friday, even earlier than usual. Bell-ringers are appearing outside stores. Advertisers are shifting the consumerism-as-therapy machine into high gear. And Christians say: This is a good time to think about the world falling apart. We’re not trying to be morose. We’re starting Advent. The season of Advent…
Matthew 20:1-16: Justice Comes in the Evening
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Odyssey Networks
By Matthew L. Skinner
Matthew 14:22-33: Faith within the Chaos
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By Matthew L. Skinner In Matthew’s Gospel, the story of Jesus walking on water morphs into a story of Peter walking on, then sinking into, the same water. It begins as a statement about Jesus’ authority; for Jesus’ contemporaries had learned from scripture that such mastery over the waters is God’s accomplishment. When Peter tells…
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