The Politics of Jesus

At age 84 I am staring at the end of life as I have known it. Yet I am seeing, with the eye of faith, beyond my death and burial. I am living into the resurrection of Jesus the LORD. However, living in faith has not delivered me from doubt, from grief, from many losses, and fears. I cannot deny my own dying. It is on top of me every day. The worst of it is contemplating separation from Donna, my wife of 58 years. I think we need to talk to each other about death and about our dying. In fact, we need to die in the church declaring the "victory that has overcome the world." It is also true that at 84 and in reasonably good health, I am called to share my life with those running alongside me and those a generation or two behind. Donna and I have love, knowledge, and wisdom that others need. Too many of us are victimized by the foolishness of isolation, self-pity, and a thumb sucking second childhood. For us it is a time of living wisely, sharing the victory of faith and the wisdom gained from 60 years of preaching, pastoring, and prophesying in the church, as well as 30 years of lawyering, combined with parenting two adult children and eight grandchildren. Come join us on this journey of memory and anticipation as we learn to live by "Dying Into The Resurrection."

At age 84 I am staring at the end of life as I have known it. Yet I am seeing, with the eye of faith, beyond my death and burial. I am living into the resurrection of Jesus the LORD. However, living in faith has not delivered me from doubt, from grief, from many losses, and fears. I cannot deny my own dying. It is on top of me every day. The worst of it is contemplating separation from Donna, my wife of 58 years. I think we need to talk to each other about death and about our dying. In fact, we need to die in the church declaring the "victory that has overcome the world." It is also true that at 84 and in reasonably good health, I am called to share my life with those running alongside me and those a generation or two behind. Donna and I have love, knowledge, and wisdom that others need. Too many of us are victimized by the foolishness of isolation, self-pity, and a thumb sucking second childhood. For us it is a time of living wisely, sharing the victory of faith and the wisdom gained from 60 years of preaching, pastoring, and prophesying in the church, as well as 30 years of lawyering, combined with parenting two adult children and eight grandchildren. Come join us on this journey of memory and anticipation as we learn to live by "Dying Into The Resurrection."

At age 84 I am staring at the end of life as I have known it. Yet I am seeing, with the eye of faith, beyond my death and burial. I am living into the resurrection of Jesus the LORD. However, living in faith has not delivered me from doubt, from grief, from many losses, and fears. I cannot deny my own dying. It is on top of me every day. The worst of it is contemplating separation from Donna, my wife of 58 years. I think we need to talk to each other about death and about our dying. In fact, we need to die in the church declaring the "victory that has overcome the world." It is also true that at 84 and in reasonably good health, I am called to share my life with those running alongside me and those a generation or two behind. Donna and I have love, knowledge, and wisdom that others need. Too many of us are victimized by the foolishness of isolation, self-pity, and a thumb sucking second childhood. For us it is a time of living wisely, sharing the victory of faith and the wisdom gained from 60 years of preaching, pastoring, and prophesying in the church, as well as 30 years of lawyering, combined with parenting two adult children and eight grandchildren. Come join us on this journey of memory and anticipation as we learn to live by "Dying Into The Resurrection."

In about 50 A.D., twenty years after Jesus Death Resurrection and Ascension Paul of Tarsus, one sent with authority by Jesus the Lord, to preach the Good News to the nations arrived in the City of Corinth, a prominent city of the Roman empire located on the trade route connecting the Aegean and Ionian seas. He immediately began announcing the Good News: "The Crucified Jesus is the True Lord of the world." Those believing the message were shepherded into house churches. Then Paul preached, taught and pastored in Corinth for 18 months before moving on to other cities of the empire. See Acts 18 n 53 A.D. Paul, now in Ephesus, receives letters from the Church at Corinth and from the household of a woman named Chloe, a leader in the church. These letters revealed alarming divisions, cliques, sexual immorality, lawsuits against fellow members, abuse of the Lord's supper, unbelief in the resurrection of Jesus, and much more within the Corinthian church. Making things worse, Paul was being mocked as a phony apostle by members of the church in Corinth. Paul writes the 1st letter to Corinth from Ephesus in 53 A.D. to address the beliefs and behaviors of this charismatic, but grossly immature and divided church. Those today who seek to build "new creation" churches within the American empire will be blessed by this great letter. We will make a special point of discerning in 1 Corinthians the character of wisdom and foolishness, freedom and license, as well as spiritual and childish. Come join us in this series of Podcasts on "Freedom and the Corinthians" as we "eat Corinthians" together, growing in maturity in Christ together.

In about 50 A.D., twenty years after Jesus Death Resurrection and Ascension Paul of Tarsus, one sent with authority by Jesus the Lord, to preach the Good News to the nations arrived in the City of Corinth, a prominent city of the Roman empire located on the trade route connecting the Aegean and Ionian seas. He immediately began announcing the Good News: "The Crucified Jesus is the True Lord of the world." Those believing the message were shepherded into house churches. Then Paul preached, taught and pastored in Corinth for 18 months before moving on to other cities of the empire. See Acts 18 In 53 A.D. Paul, now in Ephesus, receives letters from the Church at Corinth and from the household of a woman named Chloe, a leader in the church. These letters revealed alarming divisions, cliques, sexual immorality, lawsuits against fellow members, abuse of the Lord's supper, unbelief in the resurrection of Jesus, and much more within the Corinthian church. Making things worse, Paul was being mocked as a phony apostle by members of the church in Corinth. Paul writes the 1st letter to Corinth from Ephesus in 53 A.D. to address the beliefs and behaviors of this charismatic, but grossly immature and divided church. Those today who seek to build "new creation" churches within the American empire will be blessed by this great letter. We will make a special point of discerning in 1 Corinthians the character of wisdom and foolishness, freedom and license, as well as spiritual and childish. Come join us in this series of Podcasts on "Freedom and the Corinthians" as we "eat Corinthians" together, growing in maturity in Christ together.

In about 50 A.D., twenty years after Jesus Death Resurrection and Ascension Paul of Tarsus, one sent with authority by Jesus the Lord, to preach the Good News to the nations arrived in the City of Corinth, a prominent city of the Roman empire located on the trade route connecting the Aegean and Ionian seas. He immediately began announcing the Good News: "The Crucified Jesus is the True Lord of the world." Those believing the message were shepherded into house churches. Then Paul preached, taught and pastored in Corinth for 18 months before moving on to other cities of the empire. See Acts 18 In 53 A.D. Paul, now in Ephesus, receives letters from the Church at Corinth and from the household of a woman named Chloe, a leader in the church. These letters revealed alarming divisions, cliques, sexual immorality, lawsuits against fellow members, abuse of the Lord's supper, unbelief in the resurrection of Jesus, and much more within the Corinthian church. Making things worse, Paul was being mocked as a phony apostle by members of the church in Corinth. Paul writes the 1st letter to Corinth from Ephesus in 53 A.D. to address the beliefs and behaviors of this charismatic, but grossly immature and divided church. Those today who seek to build "new creation" churches within the American empire will be blessed by this great letter. We will make a special point of discerning in 1 Corinthians the character of wisdom and foolishness, freedom and license, as well as spiritual and childish. Come join us in this series of Podcasts on "Freedom and the Corinthians" as we "eat Corinthians" together, growing in maturity in Christ together.

In about 50 A.D., twenty years after Jesus Death Resurrection and Ascension Paul of Tarsus, one sent with authority by Jesus the Lord, to preach the Good News to the nations arrived in the City of Corinth, a prominent city of the Roman empire located on the trade route connecting the Aegean and Ionian seas. He immediately began announcing the Good News: "The Crucified Jesus is the True Lord of the world." Those believing the message were shepherded into house churches. Then Paul preached, taught and pastored in Corinth for 18 months before moving on to other cities of the empire. See Acts 18 In 53 A.D. Paul, now in Ephesus, receives letters from the Church at Corinth and from the household of a woman named Chloe, a leader in the church. These letters revealed alarming divisions, cliques, sexual immorality, lawsuits against fellow members, abuse of the Lord's supper, unbelief in the resurrection of Jesus, and much more within the Corinthian church. Making things worse, Paul was being mocked as a phony apostle by members of the church in Corinth. Paul writes the 1st letter to Corinth from Ephesus in 53 A.D. to address the beliefs and behaviors of this charismatic, but grossly immature and divided church. Those today who seek to build "new creation" churches within the American empire will be blessed by this great letter. We will make a special point of discerning in 1 Corinthians the character of wisdom and foolishness, freedom and license, as well as spiritual and childish. Come join us in this series of Podcasts on "Freedom and the Corinthians" as we "eat Corinthians" together, growing in maturity in Christ together.

Eugene Peterson says, "For Isaiah words are watercolors and melodies and chisels to make truth, and beauty and goodness. Or as the case may be hammers and swords and scalpels to unmake sin, guilt and rebellion. He creates visions, delivers revelation, arouses belief. Isaiah is the supreme poet prophet to come out of the Hebrew people." The characteristic name for God in Isaiah is "The Holy." For Isaiah, Holiness is a furnace that transforms the men and women who enter it. Come join us as we take in the "Salvation Symphony" of Judgment (chapters 1-39), Comfort (chapters 40-55) and Hope (chapters 56-66).