I just read today’s reading to my 8 year-old son, and this is what he said: “I don’t think John the Baptist did a good job telling the people about…
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Today’s reading contains the evil story of the Slaughter of the Innocents in Bethlehem, in which King Herod orders all little boys in Bethlehem’s vicinity two years-old and younger to…
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“They returned to their country by another route.” Matthew 2:12b I think the Magi are among the most interesting characters in the Bible. Probably some kind of Persian or Babylonian…
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“Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together she was found to be…
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Permit me to say it again. A few summers ago now, at about 4 o’clock in the morning, I heard someone call my name in a strong stage whisper:…
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The first page of the New Testament–which is the first page of Matthew’s Gospel–begins with what seems the most boring way possible: a genealogy (!). The problem is (and I…
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I’m reading through the Gospels in 2019. We’ll read each Gospel through once, and the readings are only assigned Monday-Friday, so we’ll read at a pace with which anyone can…
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I’ll be blogging through the Gospels in 2019. Subscribe here to receive a weekday update on that day’s Gospel reading. (There is also an option to subscribe to non-Gospels posts…
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Of all the things I could say to you tonight, this is what I want to say most. [Recorded at 11 PM on Christmas Eve 2018. Munger Place Church, Dallas,…
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Pastor Wang Yi was detained by the Chinese government on December 9. Yesterday during my sermon, I read the following portions of a letter he wrote and instructed to be…