Swallow No Camels
I may strain a few gnats every now and then…..
Year: 2024
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Week 25 ——— John the Baptist has Doubts about JesusMatthew 11:2-30 — Luke 7:18-35 (A note from David: I am still catching up after three weeks of being away (our annual camp meeting and then ten days in Alaska). So here is today’s blog entry, but #43 from August 2 will be posted Sunday.) Matt.…
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Week 23 ——— Jesus Calls MatthewMatthew 9:9b-14 — Mark 2:14-22 — Luke 5:27-39 Matt. 9:9 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many…
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Week 23 ——— Jesus Heals a Paralytic that Drops ByMatthew 9:2-8, Mark 2:1-12, Luke 5:17-26 Mark 2:1-12 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching…
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Week 22 ——— Jesus Cleanses Someone You Thought Had LeprosyMatthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45, Luke 5:12-15 This entry is the text of a sermon I gave this past week at the first meeting of an annual Camp Meeting we have attended for many years. (It is my favorite ten days of the year.) It will read…
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Week 21 ——— A Miraculous Catch of FishLuke 5:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret1, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were…
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Week 18 ——— A Demon in the CongregationMark 1:21-28 Luke 4:31-37 Today, in 27 AD, Jesus is still on his three-week tour of Galilee without his disciples. Since we have no stories of this time, I will back up to discuss what happened on that Sabbath in Capernaum (the day before he left on the…
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Week 18 ——— Jesus is Up Before the DawnMark 1:32-39 Last week, we talked about Jesus’ encounter with the four fishermen. The next day was the Sabbath in Capernaum. Then, on Sunday morning, he left on a three-week journey to the towns of Galilee. I’d love to tell you some stories from that 3-week trip,…
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Week 17 ——— Jesus invites Four FishermenMatthew 4:18-22 Mark 1:16-20 Last week, we discussed Jesus’ sermon in his hometown of Nazareth and how they wanted to throw him off a cliff when he was finished. After Jesus was rejected at Nazareth, he moved his ministry base to Capernaum, on the Sea of Galilee. …
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Week 16 ——— Jesus proclaims the Year of Yehovah in the synagogue in NazarethLuke 4:14-30 On the day before the feast of Shavuot (Pentecost) in 27 AD, Jesus healed the man at the pool of Bethesda. The following day, June 1, Jesus teaches in the Temple on Shavuot (John 5:16-47). In that teaching, he refers…
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Week 15 ——— Healing at the Pool of BethesdaJohn 5:1-18 John 5:1 After this, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind,…
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