by Justin Marple | Mar 21, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Luke for Lent, SERMONS
Luke 23:26-49 shows us the death of Christ on the cross. The death of Christ is something many would consider one of the greatest tragedies of history. Here was a man who had done nothing deserving of death being killed in the most excruciating way ever invented. ...
by Justin Marple | Mar 20, 2013 | Book of 12 Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Zephaniah is the only prophetic book with a genealogy of such depth – “The word of YHWH that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah…” (Zephaniah 1:1). Hezekiah is not identified as the king of Judah, but that is...
by Justin Marple | Mar 18, 2013 | Former Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, Samuel Commentary, TEACHING
The section we will look at here concerns the rise of Absalom, David’s son. His rise parallels the rise of Saul in the structure of the book of Samuel. But his rise is much worse than Saul’s early years. It begins when Amnon, another of...
by Justin Marple | Mar 18, 2013 | General Teachings, TEACHING
The third episode of the miniseries The Bible on the History Channel opens by recapitulating the roles of Abraham, Moses, and David. The theme: “The nation of Israel has been forged in faith by heroes.” The episode rather effectively begins by...
by Justin Marple | Mar 17, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Luke for Lent, SERMONS
Luke 23:1-25 tells us about the trial of Jesus before Pilate and Herod. Luke quotes Pilate’s words saying that Jesus is not guilty four times and implies there was at least one more time that he said it. Thus Pilate does not want to go along with the religious...
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