Watch the video all the way through. At the end the message is “reversed.”
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Author Archives: Clark Bunch
Hindsight is 20/20
Hindsight is 20/20 means that anything you look back on is easier to understand that it was at the time. We make decisions in the now, then sometimes realize later we acted too quickly, neglected certain facts, or else were simply uninformed. Hindsight being 20/20, we would have done things differently if we could just have seen the big picture. Continue reading
Jesus is Christ
Not just Jesus Christ. Jesus is Christ.
I’m not sure if it’s the title or what. On March 1st I posted the sermon I preached that morning Peter Confesses Jesus is the Christ. I’m not hung up on stats, but that particular post has only been viewed 3 times in the past 10 days. Personally, I feel it’s one of the better sermons I’ve preached in quite a while, yet almost no one read the blog post.
Like I said, maybe it’s the title. The post has little to do with Peter, and more to do with our understanding of what Christ means. It is particularly appropriate with Easter approaching. So may I politely suggest giving this post another try. No pressure.
The Wilderness of Sin
In Exodus 16 the Hebrews wandered into the Wilderness of Sin. My Bible teacher and preacher friends shouldn’t even need me to make this analogy. There it is. They literally entered the wilderness in the region of Sin.
It could have been the Mountain of Sin, the Valley of Sin, the Municipality of Sin, but no. The place was known to people in the region as the Wilderness of Sin. How often do we willingly wander through the Wilderness of Sin knowing full where we are and how to avoid it? What an illustration, and the Bible has already made it for us.
Biblical Survey
I will soon begin a series of posts that will effectively be a survey study of the Bible. I’ve been leading a study of Mark’s gospel since August, going verse by verse in each chapter. I have posted a couple of times from Mark, but shy away from creating a Bible study of Mark online. One reason is that the Internet Monk has been posting a study of Mark at Jesus Shaped Spirituality. My study would either be redundant of what he is posting, or everyone would realize that his was better than mine 🙂 Either way.
My next post will be on the creation week and the fall. Biblical Survey will become a new category, and perhaps down the line could become it’s own blog. I’m thinking in an ideal world (which this is not, but hypothetically) that posting 2 or 3 times a week could get one through the major points of the Bible in about a year or so. I plan to continue blogging theology on a regular basis, posting sermons and the such like, so the survey topics would be in addition to.
Peter Confesses that Jesus is the Christ.
And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” -Mark 8:27-29
I want to unpack Peter’s statement here that Jesus is the Christ. There are two questions we need to answer; 1) What does Peter mean by saying that Jesus is Christ, and 2) What does it mean to us that Jesus is the Christ. Continue reading
Jesus Shaped Spirituality
What is Jesus Shaped Spirituality? That is precisely the question that the InternetMonk tried to answer earlier this week. In short, it is about making sure that our Christianity is modeled after the teachings and examples given to us by the Jesus of the Bible.
If you’re a regular at this site, you know that I have written several posts on the examples given by Jesus. Click “Jesus’ Examples” in the Categories list at right for a complete listing. Each post is a specific lesson (or lessons) that we are to learn from something Jesus did himself, and in many cases encouraged his followers to go on doing. Jesus didn’t lecture on how to be a Christian; he went around ministering to people’s needs and told his followers to keep doing the same things they had witnessed him doing.
iMonk explains what a Jesus Shaped Spirituality looks like when we read the Scriptures and are challenged to conform to the image of Christ. It’s not about denomination, emerging or church tradition. It’s about each of us taking up our cross and following Jesus Christ. Check it out.
Sneaky Spammers, and What to do About Them
I don’t know why, but an article I wrote back in October about Christopher Columbus has been getting a lot of views lately. It seemed relevant to me back on Columbus Day, but for some reason it has become very popular just in the last couple of weeks. The other day I got a comment about how the article was bullcrap, and that simply using Google could straighten me out. I responded with in my usual tactful manner (lol) and waited to see what happened next. Continue reading
Jesus, Friend of Sinners
John chapter 4 tells the story of Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at the well. It just so happens I’ve written on this passage before. This post describes everything “weird” about the conversation Jesus had with her, namely that a religious leader, or any Jewish man for that matter, would not have been talking to such a person.
John chapter 8 recounts the story of the woman caught in adultery. In this situation the woman is clearly guilty of a sin punishable by death. When she is left with no accusers (“Let he that is without sin…”) Jesus tells her that he will not condemn her either. She is told to go, and sin no more. How can he not condemn her, having been caught in the very act of adultery? Continue reading
Freedom of Choice Act
I wrote last summer that Barack Obama would be the most liberal president on abortion to ever serve in the White House (Barack Obama on Abortion). He said during his campaign that the first thing he would do in office is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. There is a campaign in the works that makes a lot more sense than the typical “add you name and forward this petition” junk we usually see. I know that I often come down hard on the Culture War people, but if you want your voice to be heard this may be the way to do it. What follows is the text of an email I received today from a trust worthy source at the KBC (Kentucky Baptist Convention). Continue reading
The Master's Table 