Tag: Authority

  • ABF 20.1 LN

    ABF 20.1 LN

    The things we were discussing in church pre-pandemic all of the sudden became reality instead of hypothetical Churches were accused of many things as they were caught up in the mix of nationwide disease of many kinds Persecuted about attendance, racism, ideology, and even their very nature—churches had to respond Much of the church went…

  • ABF 19.45 / PIERZINA

    ABF 19.45 / PIERZINA
  • ABF 19.44 LN

    ABF 19.44 LN

    Joseph was a means to accomplishing God’s greater goal​ He didn’t “cash in” on God’s good graces and understood there was a purpose beyond him and his fate​ We don’t like to wait for anything in our society​ Whether it’s a line or ads, or something more like the right spouse or for God to…

  • ABF 19.44 / KUNKEL

    ABF 19.44 / KUNKEL
  • ABF 19.43 / KUNKEL

    ABF 19.43 / KUNKEL
  • ABF 19.43 LN

    ABF 19.43 LN

    Joseph was vigilantly committed to a bigger role that God had in mind​ He also was committed to a forgiveness and reconciliation which was from God and not of this world​ Chapters Genesis 42-44 gives our context for today​ In Joseph’s reunion with his brothers, his identity is kept secret and he looks nothing like the boy they…

  • ABF 19.42 / KUNKEL

    ABF 19.42 / KUNKEL
  • ABF 19.42 LN

    ABF 19.42 LN

    Joseph’s story was never meant to be about Joseph—but a small part of a greater narrative​ Hebrews 11​ Joseph didn’t “cash in” on God’s blessing when he got to the palace, but continued to serve God​ We get to observe Joseph’s trajectory as a man, but we also get some glimpses of some detail. His ability to…

  • ABF 19.41 LN

    ABF 19.41 LN

    This month is taking a look at Joseph and his part in God’s greater thread of narrative We tend to remember narratives with broad strokes, and this leaves plenty of room to even misremember details “Be faithful and God will bless you” is a common moral we take from Joseph’s story. But reading afresh, we…

  • ABF 19.41 / KUNKEL

    ABF 19.41 / KUNKEL