Friday, October 07, 2005

Be Like Little Children (Commentary by Cheryl, SE5 and SE10 Shep)

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In the Gospel, the disciples asked Jesus, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" Jesus called a child over and told the d...
Friday, September 23, 2005

Matthew 22:15-21 Give to Caesar What is Caesar's (Gospel for Oct. 16, 2005)

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(Gospel passage at the end of this article) Observation: There are two groups of people involved here and we should know their bac...
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Matthew 22:1-14 The Wedding Feast (Gospel for Oct 9, 2005)

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(See end of this article for copy of the gospel passage). Observation: In reading this gospel, I’m sure many questions came to m...
Saturday, July 16, 2005

Matthew 13:44-52 Treasure and Pearl of Great Price (Gospel for July 24, 2005)

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(Gospel passage at the end of this article) Observation: The parable is one of the many parables in this section of Matthew’s gospel. It com...

Matthew 10:37-42 Loving Parents More than Jesus (Gospel for June 26, 2005)

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(This is an abbreviated commentary. Gospel passage at the end of the commentary) The gospel this Sunday talks about those “who l...
Monday, May 30, 2005

Matthew 9:36 - 10:8: Commissioning of the Twelve (Gospel for June 12, 2005)

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(Gospel passage is at the end of commentary) Observation: The Gospel passage follows the several healings Jesus in Chapters 8 and 9, wh...
Monday, May 09, 2005

John 3, 16-20 – Jesus and Nicodemus (Gospel for May 22, 2005)

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(Gospel verses at the end of Commentary) Observation: The gospel passage follows the earlier conversation of Jesus with Nicodemus (3:1-15). ...

John 20, 19-23 Appearance to the Disciples (Gospel for May 15, 2005)

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(Gospel verses at the end of this commentary) Observation: The gospel passage is one of the several Resurrection narratives of John, which c...

Matthew 28:16-20 Commissioning of the Disciples (May 8, 2005)

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Observation: This is the ending of the gospel of Matthew, and the way an author ends his work tells us a lot about his intended key message....
Thursday, April 07, 2005

Luke 24:13-35 On the Road to Emmaus

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OBSERVATION: - The passage points to the experience of Jesus AFTER the Resurrection. It shows that Jesus' Resurrection is more than res...
Thursday, February 24, 2005

Matthew 26:14-27 Jesus Betrayal and Last Supper

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The gospel is recalled as the last hours of Jesus. We look poignantly at Jesus who says good-bye to his friends during dinner. Jesus strik...
Friday, November 12, 2004

The Crucifixion - Luke 23: 35-43

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Introduction and Observation: It should be noted that Luke’s account of the crucifixion is different from the other three Gospels in the ...
Friday, October 15, 2004

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector - Luke 18:9-14

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The gospel passage is about a tax collector and a Pharisee who both went to the temple to pray. The tax collector brags about his righteousn...
Sunday, October 03, 2004

The Prodigal Son - Luke 15: 4-32

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This Sunday’s gospel consist of three parables. Each is most likely already quite familiar to all of us. In all three of them, ...

The Dishonest Steward - Luke 16, 1-13

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Luke 16, 1-13 – The Dishonest Steward This is a rather difficult parable to interpret because it seems to suggest that a disho...
Sunday, September 26, 2004

The Rich Man and Lazarus

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Luke 16, 19-31: The Rich Man and Lazarus This parable is found only in the gospel of Luke. It is consistent with Luke’s very ...