Matthew16:21-28 I was leaving the hospital on Friday afternoon. As I walked through the lobby, a long time acquaintance stopped me and told me to be careful out there. “I always am,” I replied, not realizing that her words of caution were more than a general farewell. It seemed that there had been some kind …
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Bearing Our Crosses and Bearing Witness to One Another…
Matthew 16:21-28 I’m afraid that I come to this today with more questions than answers. Indeed, it seems I have been grappling with these particular words of Jesus my whole life long — or at least since the first time I sat down with a Greek New Testament and word by word, phrase by phrase, …
Taking Up My Cross … Hearing This Invitation Like it is the First Time
Matthew 16:21-28 I surely cannot count the number of times I have preached on the words of Jesus words before us now — both as we hear them in Matthew and also in Mark’s Gospel. Given that this is so, why is it that now it is as though I am hearing them for the …
Taking Up My Cross and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Matthew 16:21-28 Truthfully, I was not sure at first just how these actually fit together: this business of taking up our cross and going after Jesus and pouring a bucket of ice water on your head. What I did recognize in myself is that as more and more people I knew were posting videos on Facebook …