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“Gain All You Can, Save All You Can, Give All You Can”

May 01, 2012 by Craig Blomberg | 1 Comments

“I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings” (Luke 16:9 NIV). My breakfast-time appointment stood me up yesterday, so I had the “pleasure” of listening to the conversation of two ... [More]

"I Can Never Forgive Him!"

Apr 13, 2012 by Craig Blomberg | 1 Comments

When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals--one on his right, the other on his left.  Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. (Luke 23:33-34 NIV) I had ... [More]

For Us or Against Us

Mar 27, 2012 by Craig Blomberg | 3 Comments

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters” (Matt. 12:30). “For whoever is not against us is for us” (Mark 9:40). A superficial comparison of these two texts and you might imagine Jesus was bipolar!  In the throes of depression, ... [More]

“The More Things Change. . .”

Mar 09, 2012 by Craig Blomberg | 1 Comments

“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Cor. 2:14 KJV) The preacher is describing the person without the Spirit of God, the category of persons that ... [More]

Gullibility, Rebellion, or ...?

Mar 01, 2012 by Craig Blomberg | 7 Comments

“Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.  As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women ... [More]

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