This is a study of Jesus being for the poor and handicapped. They should be the people we invite to share food for they have the greatest need and there is a reward for such generosity.
This is a study of Jesus being for the poor and handicapped. They should be the people we invite to share food for they have the greatest need and there is a reward for such generosity.
The New Age movement currently seems to be hidden in plain sight but is being revealed as the subjective feelings- and experientially-oriented movement in the name of new revelation/new spirituality/new worldview/New World Religion.
This weekend we bring our Liturgical Year as well as our Jubilee Year of Mercy to a close as we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King – a time for us to refocus on who or what is “King” in our lives.
There is no shortage of alternative “Kings”, but lately it would seem, politics has been a dominating “King” in all of our lives. If you are like me, maybe you are exhausted from being barraged for the past 18 months with divisive rhetoric from both sides of the isle filled with anger, fear and hatred and then seeing it repeated and amplified through social media – language and actions devoid of love and mercy…and now we are wondering why hate crimes are on the rise?
So what sets the priorities in your life? Who or what is your King? Perhaps a bit of wisdom from Elie Wiesel, Pope Francis and Lukan Gospels will point us in the right direction. Click and check it out.
The latest printed newsletter for our ministry that will be mailed this week. Read about Leroy, the Jewish man who met his Messiah on Bourbon street in New Orleans.
So, when there is so much turmoil, so much fear, so much uncertainty, so much unrest in our world and in our lives, it is easy to ask, “Where is this epiphany, this manifestation of the Lord?” I think the answer lies within two key lines of today’s Gospel. What are those lines? And why should we carry those lines with us each day? Check it out…
The five functional roles mentioned by Paul in Ephesians 4:11,12 represent the breadth of leadership giftings in the local and global church. What are they? How do you describe them?
On our spiritual journey with God we should entrust ourselves to the grace of the Cross, fall into the loving arms of our Father and partner with the Holy Spirit to see His Kingdom established in and through us.
This is a collection of writings dealing with Judas and his betrayal of Jesus. He was foretold in the Old Testament and that prophecy came to pass, and Jesus was betrayed by a friend.
Mark 14, Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Bread, alabaster, muron, nard, gue...Valley Bible Fellowship
Mark 14, Jesus Anointed For Burial At Bethany, Jesus Betrayed By Judas, Jesus’ And The Disciples Passover Meal Or Last Supper, Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial And Disciples Leaving Jesus, Jesus In Prayer In Gethsemane, Jesus’ Betrayal And Arrest, Jesus' Hearing Before The Council/Sanhedrin, Jesus Is Denied By Peter, Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Bread, alabaster, muron, Nard, guest room, kataluma, The Shepherd, Gethsemane, cohort speira, High Priest
The New Age movement currently seems to be hidden in plain sight but is being revealed as the subjective feelings- and experientially-oriented movement in the name of new revelation/new spirituality/new worldview/New World Religion.
This weekend we bring our Liturgical Year as well as our Jubilee Year of Mercy to a close as we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King – a time for us to refocus on who or what is “King” in our lives.
There is no shortage of alternative “Kings”, but lately it would seem, politics has been a dominating “King” in all of our lives. If you are like me, maybe you are exhausted from being barraged for the past 18 months with divisive rhetoric from both sides of the isle filled with anger, fear and hatred and then seeing it repeated and amplified through social media – language and actions devoid of love and mercy…and now we are wondering why hate crimes are on the rise?
So what sets the priorities in your life? Who or what is your King? Perhaps a bit of wisdom from Elie Wiesel, Pope Francis and Lukan Gospels will point us in the right direction. Click and check it out.
The latest printed newsletter for our ministry that will be mailed this week. Read about Leroy, the Jewish man who met his Messiah on Bourbon street in New Orleans.
So, when there is so much turmoil, so much fear, so much uncertainty, so much unrest in our world and in our lives, it is easy to ask, “Where is this epiphany, this manifestation of the Lord?” I think the answer lies within two key lines of today’s Gospel. What are those lines? And why should we carry those lines with us each day? Check it out…
The five functional roles mentioned by Paul in Ephesians 4:11,12 represent the breadth of leadership giftings in the local and global church. What are they? How do you describe them?
On our spiritual journey with God we should entrust ourselves to the grace of the Cross, fall into the loving arms of our Father and partner with the Holy Spirit to see His Kingdom established in and through us.
This is a collection of writings dealing with Judas and his betrayal of Jesus. He was foretold in the Old Testament and that prophecy came to pass, and Jesus was betrayed by a friend.
Mark 14, Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Bread, alabaster, muron, nard, gue...Valley Bible Fellowship
Mark 14, Jesus Anointed For Burial At Bethany, Jesus Betrayed By Judas, Jesus’ And The Disciples Passover Meal Or Last Supper, Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial And Disciples Leaving Jesus, Jesus In Prayer In Gethsemane, Jesus’ Betrayal And Arrest, Jesus' Hearing Before The Council/Sanhedrin, Jesus Is Denied By Peter, Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Bread, alabaster, muron, Nard, guest room, kataluma, The Shepherd, Gethsemane, cohort speira, High Priest
THE action recorded of Mary of Bethany,
which cannot fail to seem strange to
Western minds and to folk of the twen-
tieth century, must have produced a profound
impression on the first disciples of Jesus, see-
ing that we read the story in all four gospels
of the evangelists. It is not that the material
fact of anointing, so frequently practised in
the East, would create any surprise to those
round about the Master. But the enthusiastic
laudation by Jesus Christ of an action ordi-
nary enough in itself, and the excessive praise
which was not self-explanatory, must have
powerfully concentrated their minds on this
religious enigma.
This is a study of Jesus being a people person. He loved people and spoke to their needs and cared for their health and daily needs. He did not reject anyone who came to Him. He was for all people.
BLC Sermon - Who do you say I am? - 20110815 Leigh Wong
The very first sermon I delivered at Bangsar Lutheran Church. Based on the week's Lectionary readings, I explored how we could possibly answer Jesus when He asks us, "Who do you say I am?"
www.bangsarlutheran.org
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8. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:1
Now the Passover and the Festival of
Unleavened Bread were only two days
away . . .
9.
10. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:1
Now the Passover and the Festival of
Unleavened Bread were only two days
away, and the chief priests and the
teachers of the law were scheming to
arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.
12. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:1-2
Now the Passover and the Festival of
Unleavened Bread were only two days
away, and the chief priests and the
teachers of the law were scheming to
arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. “But
not during the festival,” they said, “or
the people may riot.”
13. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:3
While he was in Bethany, reclining at the
table in the home of Simon the Leper,
a woman came with an alabaster jar of
very expensive perfume, made of pure
nard. She broke the jar and poured the
perfume on his head.
14. Jesus’ Final Steps
John 12:2-3
Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor.
Martha served, while Lazarus was
among those reclining at the table with
him. Then Mary took about a pint of pure
nard, an expensive perfume; she poured
it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with
her hair. And the house was filled with the
fragrance of the perfume.
15. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:4-5
Some of those present were saying
indignantly to one another, “Why this
waste of perfume? It could have been
sold for more than a year’s wages and the
money given to the poor.” And they
rebuked her harshly.
16. Jesus’ Final Steps
John 12:4-6
But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who
was later to betray him, objected, “Why
wasn’t this perfume sold and the money
given to the poor? It was worth a year’s
wages.” He did not say this because he
cared about the poor but because he was a
thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used
to help himself to what was put into it.
17. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:6-8
“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are
you bothering her? She has done a
beautiful thing to me. The poor you will
always have with you, and you can help
them any time you want. But you will not
always have me. She did what she could.
She poured perfume on my body
beforehand to prepare for my burial.”
18. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:9
Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is
preached throughout the world, what she
has done will also be told, in memory of
her.
19. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:10-11
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the
Twelve, went to the chief priests to
betray Jesus to them. They were
delighted to hear this and promised to
give him money. So he watched for an
opportunity to hand him over.
20. Today’s Takeaways
1. Are you like Judas? Externally, your
Christian walk looks “right on,” but in
reality, your heart is far from God? Are
you a man or a woman of integrity?
21. Today’s Takeaways
Mark 7:6
He replied, “Isaiah was right when he
prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is
written: ‘These people honor me with
their lips, but their lips are far from me.’”
22. Integrity is all about bringing all of life
into a consistent whole. So your walk
matches your talk! Integrity is not
perfection, but it is consistency!
Is this true of YOU?
23. Today’s Takeaways
Billy
Graham
“Integrity is the glue that
holds our way of life
together. We must
constantly strive to keep
our integrity intact. When
wealth is lost, nothing is
lost; when health is lost,
something is lost; when
character is lost, all is lost.”
24. If you had a parrot
that lived in your
house for some 20
years that had
really captured the
ability to talk. . .
. . .Would you be willing to sell
that parrot to the town gossip?
25. Today’s Takeaways
1. Are you like Judas? Externally, your
Christian walk looks “right on,” but in
reality, your heart is far from God? Are
you a man or a woman of integrity?
26. Today’s Takeaways
2. Mary’s story and her love for Jesus
became wrapped up in Jesus’ story and
his love for us! Is this true of YOUR story?
Mark 14:9
Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is
preached throughout the world, what she
has done will also be told, in memory of her.
27. When you think of
YOUR story, is it more
about YOU or is it
more about Jesus
Christ? For Mary, she
gave her most
valuable possession
to Jesus. What are
YOU holding back?
28. Today’s Takeaways
Mark 12:30
Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind
and with all your strength.
Romans 12:1
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in
view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a
living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this
is your true and proper worship.
29. Today’s Takeaways
1. Are you like Judas? Externally, your
Christian walk looks “right on,” but in
reality, your heart is far from God? Are
you a man or a woman of integrity?
2. Mary’s story and her love for Jesus
became wrapped up in Jesus’ story and
his love for us! Is this true of YOUR story?