John: The Gospel is True to Us.

August 8, 2012

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. […]

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Luke: The Gospel is True to Me

August 7, 2012

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to raise form the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem. You […]

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Matthew: The Gospel is True to You

August 2, 2012

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. -Matthew 28:19 (NRSV) Go and disciple. The Great Commission starts with the proclamation of what is true to God. It is also true to you. Jesus spent time with his disciples […]

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Mark: The Gospel is True to God

August 1, 2012

Go into the world and proclaim the good news to all creation. -Mark 16:15 NRSV Go and Proclaim. The Great Commission in Mark reminds us that the Great Commission task starts with words because God is working through us to create a new world. Just as God words in the beginning were the power of […]

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A New Work

July 12, 2012

Jerome’s letter to Damascus, Gospels of Lindisfarne, 587 A.D. Jerome’s letter to Bishop Damascus introduces his Latin translation of the four gospels. He discusses the spiritual challenges of his task with words like “new work from the old…pious work, yet perilous presumption…for to judge others is to invite judging.”1 These words apply to every attempt […]

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