by Justin Marple | Mar 5, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
John 13:1-17 is the familiar story of Jesus washing the feet of His twelve disciples. The very familiarity of the story may lead us to miss just how much cultural distance there is between their day and ours. And most important for us to experience the shock of this...
by Justin Marple | Mar 5, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
There are two collections remaining in the book of Proverbs, both we suspect were written by Gentile converts to the faith of Israel. Each has two parts with a total of four different genres represented. The first of these two collections is Proverbs 30 containing...
by Justin Marple | Mar 5, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, SERMONS
I want us to consider how counter-cultural our liturgy is on Ash Wednesday. Our culture loves to celebrate fools who do not turn to God from their ungrateful and impenitent lifestyles — primarily fools who are rich celebrities. Even if you did not watch the...
by Justin Marple | Mar 2, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, More About the Life of Jesus, SERMONS
Matthew 17:1-9 shows us the transfiguration of Jesus Christ in glory. It is one of those passages where I already knew the key line is spoken from the cloud: “Listen to Him.” Yet I was having trouble listening to Jesus to hear what He was telling me...
by Justin Marple | Feb 27, 2014 | COMMUNITY, Elements of Worship, Monthly Newsletters
Grace and Peace from Our Lord Jesus Christ! I wrote to you last month about the way that worship on Sunday is not just about learning knowledge for our minds, it is also about ‘exercising’ our imaginations as we sing and speak and pass the peace. During...
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