Swallow No Camels
I may strain a few gnats every now and then…..
Year: 2024
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Week 32 ——— The Woman Who Would Not Give UpMatthew 15:22-28 Mark 7:24-30 Several weeks ago, Jesus fed the largest crowd recorded in his ministry (5000 men plus women and children). Last week, he taught on the Bread of Life and spoke for the first time to a crowd plainly of eternal life…
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Week 32 ——— Yom Teruah- the Day of TrumpetsJohn 6:25-65 Jesus had just fed the 5000, dismissed the crowds, and went up on a mountain to pray. He made the disciples get in a boat and go ahead of him, but he caught up to them by walking on the water. But they can’t escape…
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Week 31 ——— Jesus Walks on the WaterMatthew 14:22-33 — Mark 6:45–52 — John 6:16-21 Jesus got the bad news about John’s death. He wanted to go off by himself to grieve but ended up healing and teaching a large crowd and then performing a miracle to feed them. Matthew 14:22-23 Immediately, he made…
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Week 31 ——— Jesus feeds the MultitudeMatthew 14:1-21 — Mark 6:14–44 — Luke 9:7-17 — John 6:1-15 We will talk about the only miracle Jesus did that is found in all four Gospels, one of the most familiar miracles, the feeding of the 5000. But the context is important. Matthew goes to a lot of…
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Week 30 ——— Jesus Sends Out the TwelveMatthew 10:1 – 11:1 — Mark 6:7-13 — Luke 9:1-6 Mark 6:7-13 And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread,…
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Week 28 ——— Do not be Afraid Any LongerMatthew 8:18 – 9:26 — Mark 4:35-5:43 — Luke 8:22-8:56 (**Note: Portions of the following are from a sermon done on 9/1/2024. Some material is repeated from #47, “Jesus Calms the Storm.”) Last week, we discussed the woman with the issue of blood that touched Jesus. We…
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Week 27 ——— Woman Healed by Touching His GarmentMatthew 9:20-22 — Mark 5:24-34 — Luke 8:42-48 Luke 8:42-48 As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she…
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Week 27 ——— Jesus Calms the StormMatthew 8:18-27 — Mark 4:35-41 — Luke 8:22-25 Matt. 8:23-27 And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And beheld, there arose a great storm on the sea so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they…
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Week 26 ——— The Parable of the Four SoilsMatthew 13:10-23 — Mark 4:10-25 — Luke 8:9-18 Matthew 13:1-10 That same day, Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on…
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Mark 3:1-6 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. And they watched Jesus to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” And he said to them,…
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