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The gospel frame by frame ... from Emphasis | Charting the Course | Joshua 5:9-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 | Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 | David Kalas | Schuyler Rhodes | |
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Let the movie play at full speed through the first half. We see the young man looking longingly out the window of his father's mansion. He thinks there is something more exciting and fulfilling out there, beyond the gates of his father's estate. Eventually, his wanderlust gives birth to a plan. Remarkably, his father goes along with the plan, which features >> More |
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Hard to swallow ... from Emphasis | Charting the Course | Joshua 5:9-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 | Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 | |
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We are ambassadors for Christ. Well, how does it feel to have yourself sworn in and
present your credentials in a foreign land? Political models of discipleship are certainly
out of vogue. Yet, each of these stories reminds us that most of us feel like we are living
in a strange land. The Joshua text narrates the end of an
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Always wanting more ... from Emphasis | Charting the Course | Joshua 5:9-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 | Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 | |
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With Augustine we can affirm that pride is the fundamental sin and concupiscence is its fundamental fruit. Pride manifests itself in America as we glory in the overall dominance displayed by our athletes (check the medal count!) at last summer's Olympic Games in Sydney. Our expectations were expanded as certain athletes excelled and reaped multiple medals for their efforts. Experienced
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A change of perception ... from Emphasis | Charting the Course | Joshua 5:9-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 | Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 | |
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Luke's wonderful parable of the prodigal son dominates the lectionary for today. How can any other text command attention when paired with this one? It is, of course, a story about repentance, and it presents repentance as a change of perception. So Paul's words from 2 Corinthians provide an excellent complement: "We no longer regard anyone from a human point
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The prodigality of God ... from Emphasis | Charting the Course | Joshua 5:9-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 | Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 | |
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The word prodigality carries a dual meaning in English. It can mean either wasteful extravagance or extravagant generosity. The younger brother, whom we traditionally call the prodigal son, squandered his property in a reckless way. The father acts and reacts with a munificence that far exceeds conventional expectations and triggers an angry reaction from the elder brother, with whom many
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God's Initiative ... from Emphasis | Charting the Course | Psalm 34:1-8 | 1 Corinthians 5:16-21 | Luke 15:1-2, 11-32 | |
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If you attend enough revival meetings, you can soon come to the conclusion that salvation is something much to be sought after and difficult to attain. One hears phrases such as "seeking after God" and "praying through" and "confessing so we can be forgiven" and the like. At other times the language used would lead one to picture God as
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The crops of Canaan ... from Emphasis | Charting the Course | Joshua 5:9-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 | Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 | |
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One night, prowling the corners of a Christian bookstore, I stumbled past the Max Lucado, Dan Jenkins, and Janette Oke books to find myself before a display meant not to be read, but eaten: Christian candy. I kid you not. Chocolate peanut bars labeled, "Taste and see that the Lord is good." Noah's Ark gummy animals. Scripture mints. And my
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Lost and found ... from Emphasis | Charting the Course | Joshua 5:9-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:16-20a | Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 | |
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This week the Old Testament lesson might remind us of homeless people who have found a decent place to live, after years of squalor, insecurity and shifting from one make-shift arrangement to another. The people of God had found a homeland. But their faith would not have liked the word "found." No matter how hard they might struggle, they believed
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