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The Servant

By on Sunday, December 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, won a strategic battle with comparative ease and little loss of life. When asked for an explanation of his victory over the enemy, he said, “The enemy had seven cooks and one spy but I had seven spies and one cook.” In other words, the enemy lost because it […]

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The Wonderful Child Of Hope

By on Friday, December 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Read Isaiah 7:10-12, 14; 9:2-7 – In a Peanuts comic strip, we see Lucy seated under her sign that reads, “Psychiatrist – Advice: 5 cents.”  Charlie Brown comes to Lucy, nickel in hand, and says, “Lucy, I need help.”  Lucy responds, “What can I do for you, Charlie Brown?” “I’m confused.  I can’t seem to find […]

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The Rightous Branch

By on Thursday, December 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Read Isaiah 11:1-9 – Those of you who have visited our nation’s capital are aware that throughout that city, there are several statues of national and world leaders. Each statue faces the national Capitol as a symbol of honor and respect for the great power of our nation. In front of the Wesley Theological Seminary, […]

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Jesus Does Not Want To Enter Your Life

By on Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Steve McVey (http://gracewalk.org) posted a blog several months back that I copied and saved.  What Steve had to write is essential to having a clear understanding of the truly revolutionary power of the Gospel. We have the idea that the Gospel is that Jesus enters our lives, saving us.  In reality, the bulk of New Testament teaching paints a […]

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Are You Ready For Christmas?

By on Monday, December 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Read Matthew 3:1-12 – “Are you ready for Christmas?” I’ve already heard that question a half-dozen times – and Christmas is still nineteen days away (Really?  It’s that close?  Oh, my – how did it sneak up on me that fast?) Just nineteen days?  I have so much to do to get ready?  There are […]

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You Are Free To Spend Less

By on Monday, December 6th, 2010 | No Comments

I talked a bit about John the Baptizer this morning.  This guy gets my vote as the strangest guy in the New Testament.  Of course, that oddness is accentuated by the season in which he is remembered.  Advent and Christmas are, in our culture, seasons focus on materialism and consumption.  Yet John is just the […]

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Some Reflections On The Cross & Incarnation

By on Saturday, December 4th, 2010 | No Comments

“The Word became Flesh and dwelt among us…” John 1 Do you remember the Chilean miners who were trapped back in August under 700,000 tons of collapsed rock?  For more than a month 33 men were entombed in total darkness.  Then, through some amazing and creative technology, all 33 men were rescued through a little […]

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Your God Isn’t Angry With You

By on Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

In a recent post (What Happened At The Cross? –  http://nieporte.name/?p=1017) I stated my conviction that the “penal substitution” view of atonement was not generated from within the scripture, but imposed upon it from the outside.  I also stated, from my viewpoint as a Trinitarian, that such a view gave God something of a multiple-personality […]

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What Happened At The Cross?

By on Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 | 1 Comment

I am passionate about biblical theology.  That means I often get in trouble with some people who have heard all their lives that some doctrine they believe is biblical (from their pastor, parents, Sunday School teacher, best buddy, etc.) when, in fact, it is not really biblical at all. Take, example, those who advocate the […]

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Advent Conspiracy: Worship Fully

By on Monday, November 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Read Matthew 24:1-15.  It’s right there, a message of hope found smack in the middle of a passage devoted to the pain and sorrow found inhuman sin and social upheaval. Jesus and his disciples had entered the city of Jerusalem.  The disciples were looking at the beauty and majesty of the temple complex.  Their passions […]

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