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Easter Message 2018

4/1/2018

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Approximately 40% of the first three gospels focus on the final week of Jesus’ life. This percentage increases to more than 65% when you add the gospel of John, from which this morning’s text is drawn.

Have you ever read a biography? It is clear the gospels are not simple biographies of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. If they were we would expect a more balanced account of the various times of his life; but this is not what we find in any of them.

A vastly disproportionate emphasis is given to the last week of Jesus’ life, as if to say to us, ‘Whatever else you may miss, please, don’t miss this.’ (“Looking at the Cross” Miller and McKim). This is one reason we remember the final acts of Jesus’ life during Holy Week, like the Maundy Thursday Foot washing service in which some of you participated.

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Populist Jesus?

3/25/2018

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It’s Palm Sunday, and on Palm Sunday Jesus was a huge hit with the crowds. Compare his popularity on that day with that of other prominent leaders, and Jesus wins hands down.

On the original Palm Sunday there was no doubt about where Jesus was “trending” (a contemporary term for growing social media popularity), at least among his followers. Coming up to Jerusalem from Jericho, Jesus and his disciples would have likely fallen in with hundreds of other pilgrims, increasing the population of the Holy City from about 40,000 to more than 200,000 for the celebration of Passover. It is significant and critical to remember that Passover was a time of celebration, but it was also a time of high tension in Jerusalem.

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Exit Lines

3/18/2018

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Last week I read a captivating article in the journal “Homiletics” about famous “exit lines.”

Asking what is the best “exit line” in recent history (the last 50 to 75 years), the article mentioned Richard M. Nixon's "You won't have me to kick around anymore" comment.

Although Nixon -- and much of America -- thought it was Nixon’s exit line, it was not. In a remarkable comeback, Nixon returned to politics and in 1968 was elected president.


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Wrong Way Jonah

1/21/2018

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It's a scenario straight out of a drama movie. You have been kidnapped and blindfolded. After some jostling and being moved from place to place, you finally rip off the blindfold and discover that you have been locked in a room with 10 other people. No, wait, there's an 11th "person" -- a zombie chained to the wall.

A voice over an intercom tells you that there is a key hidden in the room that will enable you to escape to freedom, but to find the key you must work with other people in the room to solve puzzles and put together clues to its whereabouts.


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2017 Christmas Eve Service

12/26/2017

 

Blaming the Victim

11/26/2017

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The title of the message, “Blaming the Victim” is the same as the title of a book I read in an undergraduate psychology class years ago. Recent social events and media advertisements called it to mind as I reflected on the gospel verses for today, and Jesus’ vivid description of the differences between sheep and goats.

Curious whether or not it was still in print I looked it up and was surprised to learn that not only is it still in print, but is considered as groundbreaking and relevant today as when I read it in the 1970’s.

This is the basic premise...



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Strange Armor

11/19/2017

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Emergency preparedness.
 
I thought a lot about it last week as we made our first trip to gather winter evacuation and survival supplies. The winter of 2015 was enough to convince us of the importance of planning ahead and putting together an evacuation kit as well as having extra water, batteries, matches, stern-o or another source of warmth, cell- phone back-up chargers fully charged; crank and/or solar-powered weather radio Being prepared and planning ahead is nothing new.


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Rolling the Stone Away: Reflections on a Conference

11/5/2017

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True humility elevates serving others over serving primarily oneself.
 
Have you ever had to "eat humble pie"?
 
Most of us have heard this expression. It is a phrase meaning "to face humiliation for an error or wrongdoing, something for which we must apologize, often in some public way."


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    Rev. Dr. David Weekley, is the Pastor at St Nicholas United Method Church

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