by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Jul 21, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Pastor’s Blog Week of July 21 Text Elements—Source, Harper Collins Study Bible • Sitting at the Lord’s feet Mary is depicted as a disciple…something unusual for the time. • One thing here is necessary…listening to Jesus’ teachings. Luke 10:38-42 New...
by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Jul 7, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Text Elements—Source, The New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary, Volume IX • Jesus sends 70 missionaries out to preach, teach and heal. • They are to go ahead of Jesus into the towns to prepare a way for him. Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)...
by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Jun 30, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Themes in Luke—Source, The New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary, Volume IX • There is a theme of discipleship and rejection. • These verses look at the temptation to use violence to achieve right. Luke 9:51-62 – New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 51 When...
by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Jun 23, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Backdrop of Paul’s Letter to the Galatian Churches—Source, The Harper Collins Study Bible (NRSV) • The Apostle Paul is writing to churches he founded in Galatia. • His teachings are being challenged by unidentified Jewish-Christian teachers who are urging Paul’s...
by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Jun 16, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Scriptural Context and Frame In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Roman Church, Paul is preparing to visit a church he didn’t start or been to. The letter, of which these verses in Romans 5, are a part of, speak to a range of topics. They lay out Paul’s theology and...
by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Jun 2, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Acts 16:16-34 (NRSV) 6 One day, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave-girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling. 17 While she followed Paul and us, she would cry out, “These men are slaves of...
