Posts from June 2019
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More Like Jesus: Reflections on Gratitude and Humility
Lately I have been reviewing the More Like Jesus series, as I felt it might be a good way for me to have a “spiritual checkup” to gauge whether my words, thoughts, decisions, and interactions with others have been aligned with Jesus’ teachings. ...
by Peter Amsterdam
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Jesus—His Life and Message: The Feast of Tabernacles …
The seventh and eighth chapters of the Gospel of John cover Jesus’ teachings while He was in Jerusalem during part of the Feast of Tabernacles, also known as the Feast (or Festival) of Booths. ...
by Peter Amsterdam
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Jesus—His Life and Message: The Temple Tax
At the end of Matthew chapter 17, we read of an incident which occurred in Capernaum.
When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?”1...
by Peter Amsterdam
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It’s a Beautiful World!
As a young teen growing up, I lived in a very small town of about 500 people. I attended a school where there were six grades divided into three schoolrooms, with one teacher for each two grades. The teacher would be teaching half of the students ...
by Maria Fontaine
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Jesus—His Life and Message: Martha, Martha
Three times within the Gospels we read about Jesus’ interaction with two sisters and their brother who were His close friends—Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. Jesus was particularly close to this family, ...
by Peter Amsterdam