by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Feb 24, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Did You Know? –From Feasting on the Word • Charles Bugg, Professor of Church Ministry and Leadership, writes the greatest challenge of these passages from Luke is how are we to be merciful and not respond to violence with violence. Those who have grown up in violence...
by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Feb 10, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Did You Know? – Feasting on the Word • The Sea of Galilee (Lake Gennesaret) was a busy hub for local fisherman. • Luke is using this ordinary circumstance to situate Jesus not as a teacher in the traditional setting of the synagogue, but rather as one who taught the...
by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Feb 3, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Did You Know? –The New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary, Vol 10 In Paul’s time, Corinth was a hub commercially and religiously. Sailors and travelers came to the port bringing different religions and practices. The city had a reputation of the wealthy treating the poor...
by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Jan 27, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Did You Know? –From Feasting on the Word • Luke 4:14-21 offers a “keynote to the entire ministry of Jesus, setting forth the perspectives from which it is to be understood.” • “Jesus went forth in the power of the Spirit as an agent of God’s mercy to the downtrodden,...
by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Jan 20, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Did You Know? –The New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary Vol 8 • “…self-denial has been emphasized throughout these chapters: denying the human demand for honor, power and status.” • “The repeated struggles for honor among the disciples show what a difficult task...
by Pastor Pam Brokaw | Jan 6, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Did You Know? —Feasting on the Gospels • “An epiphany is a divine manifestation in the midst of human history.” • “In Matthew’s narrative the epiphany is closely related to symbols like the magi and the star.” The Gospel of Matthew 2:1-12 (New Revised Standard...
