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08.31.08
Branding God | Matthew 16:21-28
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
These are days of great political theater. Democrats and Republicans are jousting and jostling to grab our attention with images that they hope will foster fervor, inspire commitment, stir confidence, and finally secure your vote. Oh, I know each ...
08.10.08
EGO EIMI | Matthew 14:22-33
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
I went to see "The Dark Knight" with measure of fear and dollop of trepidation. I knew it would be murky, grim, violent, and unsettling...
07.27.08
The .075 Principle | Matthew 13:31
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
Please join me in prayer:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not ...
07.13.08
The Brothers | Genesis 26:19-34
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
Since the beginning of time brothers have fought. Since Cain invited Abel out to a field, fraternal rivalry is firmly affixed in the natural order of this fallen world.
So, in some ways it was just a typical morning, in the winter of 1977 on the ...
07.06.08
The Betrothal | Genesis 24
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
I couldn't find the book I was looking for. There wasn't a copy at the library or at Borders and there wasn't time to order from Amazon, so I went to the Family Christian Bookstore...
And, I don't offer this as a smug-self-satisfied-smarty-pants, ...
06.29.08
The Binding | Genesis 22:1-14
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
Note: There are some texts that you kid yourself into thinking you have a handle on ~ and then there are texts like this one that take you behind the woodshed and whup ya. I am indebted to Walter Brueggemann and his commentary on Genesis for ...