Episodes
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Command #90: Don't Insult Or Call Anyone A Fool
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
In how many ways we each break this command...often, even daily! When it comes to the "commands of personal conviction," this must certainly rank up near to the top of the list.
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Command #89 - Proclaim the Kingdom of God
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Most of the commands given by Jesus to his disciples when he sent them out two by two must be viewed as being too specific to be considered universally incumbent upon all his followers throughout all time.
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Command #88 - Show Mercy
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
How far into eternity will God's mercy extend? It is one of the great historic theological conundrums.
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Command #87 - Let People Injure You Without Retaliating
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
This is surely one of the Bible's most well known verses. Its succinct proverb is a part of everyday conversational idiom everywhere. The command might therefore have been rendered in its more familiar form as simply: Turn the other cheek.
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Command #86 - Speak Graciously With Words of Peace
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Curiously, Jesus did not address the mode and manner of how we are to conduct ourselves in the normal flow of daily conversation. His comments about speech are very specific.
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Command #85 - Do Not Doubt
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
We have spoken several times about Jesus' use of hyperbole, exaggeration, and metaphor. We do not actually "eat his flesh" when participating in a communion or Eucharist service. He does not really want his followers to "cut off" their hands or "pluck out" their eyes to rid their lives of sin. These are symbols and images which Jesus used skillfully to get his points across.
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Command #84 - Let Your Yes Be Yes and Your No Be No
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Again we encounter Jesus making a point with overstatement. No one seriously expects us to go through life saying nothing but yes and no. Jesus himself did not do so either. Once more we gain further insight into his words from the Lord's brother James, who gave this command in its more familiar form: Let your yes be yes, and your no be no. (James 5:12)
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Command #83 - Acknowledge Your Discipleship
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
It is easy to hear words such as, "He who is ashamed of me and my words...of him will the Son of Man be ashamed." (Mark8:38, Luke 9:26), and read ourselves right out of the text.
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Command #82 - Do Not Speak Carelessly
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
It continues to be astonishing, once we see it, how much of Jesus' teaching concerned the simple things of life - such "unspiritual" things. Where is all the theology and doctrine? Of course we can turn to Romans or Ephesians if we want that sort of thing. But where is it in the Gospels? It's not there.