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Jesus Clears the Temple: My House Shall Be Called a House of Prayer

Mark 11:11-18; Matthew 21:14-16 Wow! Does Jesus ever let lose in the temple! Tables are overturned, coins are scattered, and birds and animals destined to be sacri-ficed are driven out the door, quickly followed by their owners chasing after them.    // This exercise of heavenly wrath actually started a few minutes earlier. We

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What is Jesus Pointing To?

Healing & Wholeness Luke 5:12-16; 6:6-11 In some ways, these two stories are about who qualifies for healing, and who doesn’t.   Clearly, there is a problem. Not many are getting the help they need. What do we see Jesus pointing to when it comes to healing and wholeness? Perhaps my experience this

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How will we know…Who Knows?

Luke 2:22-40 NIV How do Simeon and Anna know that this particular baby being carried into the Temple by Mary & Joseph is the one they’ve been waiting for? What gave it away that he would be the bearer of God’s salvation?  // Given the small size of an eight-day-old infant wrapped from

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How Will We Know…How Long?

Isaiah 64:1-9 How Long? How long, O Lord, before you burst from the heavens and come done? This week, after 17 days of being trapped underground, 41 miners were rescued from a collapsed construction tunnel in northern India. What a welcome feel-good story! How long, O Lord, before You come and rescue us?

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