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Crazy Man in a Hairy Jacket
Matthew 3 |Matthew introduces the beginning of Jesus public ministry with the John the Baptist staged as a raving lunatic Old Testament style prophet on out in the wilderness. The imagery of the story is thick with context, painting quite the picture! Tweet
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Seeking Jesus
Matthew 2 |The story of the Magi seeking the baby born King of the Jews is truly remarkable. Is it really true that those who traveled four months from a distant land and a completely different spiritual ecosystem could be the only ones in Jerusalem who seek Jesus with pure motives? Tweet
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The Magi Cometh
Matthew 2 |The depth of the stories that Matthew tells is lost to us 2000 years later. We have caricatured the story of Jesus birth into the Nativity scene in such a way as to tell a story from our modern perspective. We treat the Magi as “wisemen from the east” and miss the true [...]
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Joseph’s Dilemma
Matthew 1 |Interesting how Matthew covers the birth of the Savior, isn’t it? The fact that a virgin was pregnant or that God willed it to happen required barely a mention. The interesting part to Matthew was the way that Joseph handled himself. Putting honor aside, Joseph listened to the messenger in his dream and [...]
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The Story of Jesus
Matthew 1 |Ever wonder why the Gospel of Matthew starts with a huge list of names? Maybe Matthew can’t summertime or just doesn’t know where to start? As it turns out, Matthew tells us a lot about Jesus through his ancestry, and maybe even a bit about himself! Tweet