Author: Scott

Matthew 21:12,13 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers… I am generally not an angry person, but when my will is frustrated, I tend to seethe inwardly. When I get angry, it is of course, justified, as I…
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Matthew 21:5,9 Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey… And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” I rarely write of politics.  I just do not have…
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  Matthew 20:26-28 Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Since we were children, most of us have had…
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Matthew 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard… I am unsure of the origin of it, but we have a saying at our house that expresses an exaggerated sense of unfairness:  I always, you never…  When…
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Matthew 19:29,30 Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first. Yesterday, I referenced those who claim that they would do anything…
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Matthew 19:16 A man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” … Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor…” I used to dislike this passage as I thought it meant that I must take a…
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Matthew 19:5,8 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh…  Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. When reading Jesus discussion on divorce, it is easy…
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I am pleased to announce that I am selling tickets for The Fortress Spring Banquet where I will be speaking on March 10th.  For those of you who do not know The Fortress, it is a Christian men’s residential facility here in Willmar, offering transformative programming for those struggling with addiction. Most residents have come out…
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Matthew 18:23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants… It is so easy to see when another is living in ridiculous hypocrisy.  I may be blind to my own inconsistencies, but when I see them in others, I am hypersensitive.  Jesus’ parable here…
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Matthew 18:21,22 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.” Jesus’ teaching was painful.  No one likes forgiving someone over and over…
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