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(April 21, 2020) Matthew 12:39-40 “[no sign] will be given [this generation] except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Read: Matthew 12:38-45 Today, briefly: (1) [...]

(April 20, 2020)  Jonah 2:9a                     “But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you.” Read: Jonah 2 Yesterday, as I was finishing this week of study leave, my family and I were watching one of the Sunday School classes videos. The lesson was on Jonah, when Jonah was [...]

(April 13, 2020) Ephesians 1:1-2 “1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Read: Ephesians 1-2 It was customary in the ancient Greco-Roman world to begin a letter with the name and [...]

(April 10, 2020, Good Friday) Mark 10:32-45 “[The chief priests and teachers of the law] will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.” Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” [...]

(April 9, 2020) John 13:34 “A new command I give you: Love one another.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” The one time that Jesus calls something “new” in John’s Gospel – is right here. A “new command” I give you: as I have loved you, so you must love one another. …Why does [...]

(April 8, 2020) Mark 14:3 “…as [Jesus] was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.” Read: Mark 14:1-11 On Wednesday of the first Holy Week, two key events took place: (1) Judas agreed to betray Jesus, and (2) [...]