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3151. Vetted

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 4:1-13

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Lori Wagner

... an extensive genealogy that proves that Jesus is who He says He is. It is Jesus’ pedigree. But this genealogy is not just a biological one. It’s a spiritual lineage that proves that Jesus IS the “Son” who exists before the time of creation, just as the apostle John assured us He was. And listen to what Jesus’ genealogy tells us. It begins: “Jesus was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,…….” And it ends, the Son of Adam, the Son of God. In other words, Jesus was the son, so it was thought ...

3152. The Plank

Matthew 5:38-48; 7:1-6

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Lori Wagner

... A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (Luke 6:37-38)”*** Jesus is all about mercy. Jesus is all about love. "Without love we are nothing," the Apostle Paul says. You give love and you receive love when your eye is focused on Him. And not on the plank of judgment. Only Jesus is the Great Winnower, the Holy Spirit breath that blows away the chaff and retains the wheat. Only Jesus will make yours ...

3153. Reveille

Mark 6:7-13, Matthew 10:1-42, Luke 9:1-9, Luke 10:1-24

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Lori Wagner

... ’s Account of Jesus’ Instructions for His Disciples on Going Before Him Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him ...

3154. The Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

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Lori Wagner

... of All of Israel, Including Ephraim and Manasseh, Philistia and Shechem Psalm 80: The Restoration of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh The Lord Will Gather All Who Worship Him (Isaiah 56) The Lord Will Restore All of Israel, Including Ephraim and Manasseh (Jeremiah 31) The Apostles Preach and Convert Followers to Jesus in Samaria (Acts 8) Jesus’ Parable of a Good-Hearted Samaritan On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life ...

3155. Mending Fences

Luke 16:1-15, Luke 16:16-18

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Lori Wagner

... (Joshua 24) James’ Warning to Those Who Have Made Riches Their God (James 5) Jesus’ Encounter with Zacchaeus the Repentant Tax Collector (Luke 19) The Monetary Deception of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5) Simon the Sorcerer Attempts to Buy the Gifts of the Apostles (Acts 8) Jesus’ Parable of the Dishonest Manager Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account ...

3156. Translucent Grace

Mark 9:2-13, Luke 9:28-36, Revelation 1:9-20, Revelation 2:12-17

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Lori Wagner

... a story of the 21st century. I’m telling a story of the first century. The church was at Pergamum, located in the then region of present-day Turkey. Something quite similar to Carl’s story was happening in the Christian church there, and the apostle John was calling them on it. When anyone tells you that we just have to “get back to the apostolic age,” that golden age when the church got everything “right,” ask them this: “Have you read the New Testament?” John warned them to beware of ...

3157. Pilate's Ruse

Matthew 27:1-26 · Luke 22:66--23:25 · John 18:28-40; 19:1-16 · Mark 15:1-15

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Lori Wagner

... We all want those cupcakes.] And oh the promises we make! We go to church regularly. We practice the required rituals mostly in the church –baptism, communion, marriage, funerals. We show up on Easter and Christmas…. We go through the liturgies, recite the Apostles’ Creed, memorize the Lord’s Prayer and say it every week. We do those things that pertain to “coming to church.” But when it comes to going not coming --when it comes to going out into the world and proclaiming Jesus’ name wherever ...

3158. Joey and Nicky at Skull Mountain

Mark 15:42-47

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Lori Wagner

... . Not all of Jesus’ disciples were fishermen! Some were prominent in the Temple. Were they there when Jesus’ later made one of his post resurrection appearances on the mountain? Perhaps. We don’t know. We do know that later Gamaliel saves some of the apostles from execution. And some say, Joseph went on to head up a church sometime later in his career. That perfumed oil. Oils were used along with strips of linen to wrap a Jewish body. The entire body was wrapped in a large cloth. Then strips ...

3159. The Catch

John 21:1-14, John 21:15-25, Acts 10:1-8, Acts 10:9-23a, Acts 10:23b-48

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Lori Wagner

... won’t let go of you? Sometimes God has a message for you, and speaks in this “forgotten language” of dreams. Sometimes God needs to prepare you for something that’s hard for you to hear. In our scripture story today as told in the Acts of the Apostles, God was preparing Peter for his visit with Cornelius. And for something even greater! But as everything goes with Peter, it would take a while to sink in. (Pardon the pun). Peter had been a fisherman all of his life. And so, the metaphor Jesus used to ...

3160. Unreasonable Mercy

2 Kings 5:1-27, Matthew 8:5-13

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Lori Wagner

... has limits. Doubt is dependent upon the boundaries of our reason, what we deem as reasonable. When we enter into the murky place where reason no longer functions as a boundary, doubt dissolves necessarily into faith. God knew, Jesus knew, the apostles too knew, that when someone encounters face to face the irrational and unreasonable mercy and love and healing of God, undeserved and unconditional, hearts are often transfigured. This is the story of Naaman, of the Centurion (whose faith Jesus declared was ...

3161. Rain of Grace

Hosea 6:1--7:16

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Lori Wagner

... Grace is for All Who are Faithful (Isaiah 56) Jesus Calls Matthew (Matthew 9:9-13; Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32) The Letter to the Hebrews (Most Likely Written by Paul) On the New Covenant (8) The First Letter of John (Most Likely Written by John the Apostle) on Knowing and Loving God and Others Hosea’s Prophecy “Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. After two days, he will revive us; on the third day ...

3162. God Powered Impact

Exodus 3:1-22

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Lori Wagner

... You are my beloved. You are my hands, feet, voice, and staff.” All you have to do is go. I will do the rest. For I AM God. God's name is "I Am." Our name is “Ecclesia,” Jesus’s own Church, gathering of God, born of the Spirit, beloved apostles who trust in Him and go out in His ability to heal and change the world. We are named, created, and defined, given our identity, all by our relationship to God, our creator and sustainer. That is the beauty of God's holy name. You are, only because because God ...

3163. Bringing in the Sheaves

Ruth 1:1-22, Ruth 2:1-23, Ruth 3:1-18, Ruth 4:1-12, Ruth 4:13-22

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Lori Wagner

... ; 20:17-19; 26:1-5; Mark 8:31-33; 9:3-32; 10:32-24; Luke 9:18-22; 9:44-45; 12:49-50; 18:31-34; John 7:12-24; 12:20-36; 13:31-14:7; 16:16) Jesus the Son of God (Acts of the Apostles 13) Christ’s Suffering (1 Peter 2) The Resurrection of the Son and the Promise of Resurrection for All (1 Corinthians 15) The Son of Man (Revelation 1) Image Exegesis: The Omer The “omer” or sheaf is an important metaphor in the life of the Jewish people. Most people were ...

3164. Knitted Together from the Womb

Exodus 2:1-10

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Lori Wagner

... to take? Because your risk ratio will equal your identity ratio. Who are you? What are you willing to risk? In the early church…. as in Jesus’ day, risk was a part of life if you called yourself a disciple of Jesus. As the beginning apostles began preaching Jesus’ resurrection, injury, prison, or death was more an assured part of life than childbirth. So why did they do it? Identity. Their whole identity was so wrapped up in Jesus, their whole mind and heart was so entwined with the promise of the ...

3165. Crossing Over

Luke 10:25-37, Genesis 48:1-22

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Lori Wagner

... of Israel, Including Ephraim and Manasseh, Philistia and Shechem Psalm 80: The Restoration of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh The Lord Will Gather All Who Worship Him (Isaiah 56) The Lord Will Restore All of Israel, Including Ephraim and Manasseh (Jeremiah 31) The Apostles Preach and Convert Followers to Jesus in Samaria (Acts 8) Israel (Jacob) Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So, he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. And it was told ...

3166. Scroll Bread and Honey

Mark 1:1-8

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Lori Wagner

... of communion theology you ascribe to, the bottom line is, communion is just that –a communal time in spirit with Jesus, in which Jesus embodies you, as you embody Him, so that He can live out His resurrection Life through you, as a disciple and apostle. This act of communion changes you, as Jesus changes you. In our New Testament scriptures, we understand that Jesus IS the bread. Jesus IS the body. Whereas in the scriptures, prophets ate the scroll of God, consumed the Torah, so that they could be one ...

3167. Wild Thing

Luke 4:31-37

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Lori Wagner

... doom. I arise today Through the strength of the love of cherubim, In the obedience of angels, In the service of archangels, In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward, In the prayers of patriarchs, In the predictions of prophets, In the preaching of apostles, In the faith of confessors, In the innocence of holy virgins, In the deeds of righteous men. I arise today, through The strength of heaven, The light of the sun, The radiance of the moon, The splendor of fire, The speed of lightning, The swiftness ...

3168. What is Your Golden Calf?

Exodus 32:1-33:6, Luke 19:1-10

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Lori Wagner

... as Master at Shechem (Joshua 24) James’ Warning to Those Who Have Made Riches Their God (James 5) Jesus’ Parable of the Dishonest Manager (Luke 16) The Monetary Deception of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5) Simon the Sorcerer Attempts by Buy the Gifts of the Apostles (Acts 8) Image Exegesis: Our Golden Calves The stories of scripture are deep and multi-faceted. I like to see them as what I call “prismic holograms” of life and faith. When we read the scriptures and glean only a literal meaning, we are ...

3169. The Field House

Isaiah 2:1-5, Matthew 4:23-25

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Lori Wagner

... Galilee: a “Weeding Out” Story (Matthew 4:23 through 7:29) Minor Text God’s Promise to Flourish the House of David (2 Samuel 7 / 1 Chronicles 17) Psalm 84: Psalm of Praise for the Courts of the Lord Psalm 18: The Lord is My Rock Jesus Chooses His 12 Apostles and Then Teaches Them Among Others in Galilee (Luke 6:12 through 6:49) You Are Members of the Household of God (Ephesians 2) From the Mountain of the Lord to the Fields of the World In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be ...

3170. Plucked from the Blaze

Zechariah 3:1-10

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Lori Wagner

... his sin, clothes him in God’s royal robes of righteousness, and propels him into his saving mission as God’s messenger and prophet. We are saved to serve. What does Peter’s Mother in Law do the moment Jesus heals her? She gets up and serves. What does the Apostle Paul do after he is struck blind from his horse? He gets up and serves. What do we do when we realize the immense sacrifice Jesus made on our behalf, saving us from death, sin, and a fiery fate? We get up…and we serve. We are saved to serve ...

3171. Job and the Mind Storm

Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6, Job 38:1--41:34

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Lori Wagner

... of the Lord is Eternal Psalm 147: The Lord Has Revealed His Word The Birth of Wisdom (Proverbs 8:22-36) Creator God (Isaiah 40) and the Word of the Lord (Isaiah 55) Jeremiah Encounters the “Word of the Lord” (Jeremiah 1) John the Apostle Explains Jesus’ Identity (John 1) Paul Explains the Identity of God and Jesus to Greeks in Thessalonica (Acts 17:16-34) The Victory of the “Word of God” (Revelation 19) Image Exegesis: The Tempest The imagery/metaphors of storm, squall, chaos, mess, tempest are ...

3172. Dusted

Mark 6:7-13, Matthew 10:1-42, Luke 9:1-9, Luke 10:1-24

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Lori Wagner

... resurrection. Take out Jesus and the resurrection from the Christian story, you have nothing much left except good moral teaching and a rulebook to live by. That may get you somewhere, but it won’t get you into God’s kingdom come. Jesus was clear. The apostles were clear. Paul was clear. You enter God’s kingdom by “The Way,” the way of Jesus. For Jesus is the Way, the Truth, the Life. But not just any life. Resurrection Life. Eternal Life. That’s the message the disciples were sent out into the ...

3173. Written on the Palms of His Hands

John 20:19-23

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Lori Wagner

... ! Then Jesus did something only God could do! He blew His life-giving breath upon them and brought their numb and paralyzed faith back to life again! When the disciples emerged from that room, their lives would never be the same. They would move from disciple to apostle, from fear-stricken coward to bold and sure martyr for a faith that would last an eternity. Never again would we forget Him. For His love, the love and covenant of God, is written on the palms of God’s hands! WE and all we have done ...

3174. Be Strong

John 21:15-25, John 21:1-14

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Lori Wagner

... that bedrock, which may have been chipped and worn and eroded from sin, Jesus would still choose to build His everlasting Church, founded in a new covenant that would multiply in number and fill the earth with people praising God. Peter would grow to become an apostle and healer, a proclaimer of Jesus’ power and a rock-solid foundation of faith for all generations after him. “Behold I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb; and you will smite the rock, and there will come water out of it ...

3175. The Wild Within

Luke 4:1-13, Mark 1:9-13, Matthew 4:1-11

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Lori Wagner

... .” Our wild place is the place in which we best can “speak” with God and hear God “speaking” to us. It is that place of intense revelation in which we come face to face with the voice, the breath, the sound, the presence of God. Whether prophet, apostle, disciple, or minister of the gospel, God is calling to you in your wilderness place, a place of such intimacy and raw encounter that we often fear to enter into it. But if we are to receive God’s healing power, God’s sending power, God’s ...

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