tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336163472024-03-18T16:15:09.722-07:00The Peace and the PassionThe online scriptorium of author and pastor Matthew BurdenMatthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comBlogger2060125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-83685997142201079952024-03-18T16:09:00.000-07:002024-03-18T16:09:02.755-07:00Quote of the Week<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrYxJ57iKmnD4TjOGjQcG4VK10YV0ugt480Z4d1-IRw9OWl9vQxSEFqqJeN6ADdI8VQDwnBpatrxFudIDqn96azhFgfPlVvdnKu8j77iJfxI5DiboF3IdoHoRwsAMeBbNSfnza2e5we7ptRYhDH2ERSFHGdV2bvqcoKC8OgF6ytkhGqNH-5l9/s877/Revelations_of_Divine_Love_(Add_MS_37790)_f._97r.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="877" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrYxJ57iKmnD4TjOGjQcG4VK10YV0ugt480Z4d1-IRw9OWl9vQxSEFqqJeN6ADdI8VQDwnBpatrxFudIDqn96azhFgfPlVvdnKu8j77iJfxI5DiboF3IdoHoRwsAMeBbNSfnza2e5we7ptRYhDH2ERSFHGdV2bvqcoKC8OgF6ytkhGqNH-5l9/w507-h246/Revelations_of_Divine_Love_(Add_MS_37790)_f._97r.png" width="507" /></a></div><br />"The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love."</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>- Julian of Norwich</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-36843795544126562952024-03-15T19:11:00.000-07:002024-03-15T19:11:45.689-07:00A Prayer from John Baillie<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49-_sgwOl_i4J_FwJsDsJobEAF2rra1mYZQfkY-1xwl_v0uzgPXgss3xVDn7hUUOws1ak8NDeRpHNsrLIHyelkyuadp6yJ4adpk0O6BipJmSFkWHxGNCqoTaJUKcaDocPC_oc5pHJkgPeneSIC9DQgT8IrN9Eb29ZxV1bj45UPPSbC1SU0hvl/s1280/Alois_Kirnig_-_Z%C3%A1meck%C3%BD_park_v_Zahr%C3%A1dk%C3%A1chs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1280" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49-_sgwOl_i4J_FwJsDsJobEAF2rra1mYZQfkY-1xwl_v0uzgPXgss3xVDn7hUUOws1ak8NDeRpHNsrLIHyelkyuadp6yJ4adpk0O6BipJmSFkWHxGNCqoTaJUKcaDocPC_oc5pHJkgPeneSIC9DQgT8IrN9Eb29ZxV1bj45UPPSbC1SU0hvl/w640-h402/Alois_Kirnig_-_Z%C3%A1meck%C3%BD_park_v_Zahr%C3%A1dk%C3%A1chs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">O Lord,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">All treasures of wisdom and truth and holiness</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Are stored up in your boundless being. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Grant that through our constant fellowship with you, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Those graces of Christian character may more and more take shape within me: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace of a thankful and uncomplaining heart; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace to await your timing patiently and to answer your call promptly; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace of courage whether in suffering or in danger;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace to endure any hardship in the fight against evil; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace of boldness to stand up for what is right; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace of being adequately prepared for any temptation; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace of physical discipline; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace of truthfulness; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace to treat others as I would like them to treat me; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace of sensitivity, that I may refrain from hasty judgment; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace of silence, that I may refrain from thoughtless speech; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace of forgiveness toward all who have wronged me; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace of tenderness toward all who are weaker than myself; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The grace of faithfulness in continuing to desire that you will answer these prayers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Amen.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-12829024624224179322024-03-14T05:00:00.000-07:002024-03-14T05:00:00.268-07:00Sermon Podcast<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxZu_igCl0ZGcP5HM0k15kpHCTTJEC1C94vRamSwWXM3BbEC5SN8W7n236SkLw8f-Ng7EaQ3Q2xkDeqDLRs4sXsFjaRlpTUbpPcc6OBzoqB-V5c_lknojgAUpJjil7yDJ71RdABZ_TjyPfX1ccGsGfBwugdSx7TZpmJib4-LUeFivZ6rdcKL-/s1510/Jacopo_Tintoretto_-_Crucifixion_-_WGA22516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1510" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxZu_igCl0ZGcP5HM0k15kpHCTTJEC1C94vRamSwWXM3BbEC5SN8W7n236SkLw8f-Ng7EaQ3Q2xkDeqDLRs4sXsFjaRlpTUbpPcc6OBzoqB-V5c_lknojgAUpJjil7yDJ71RdABZ_TjyPfX1ccGsGfBwugdSx7TZpmJib4-LUeFivZ6rdcKL-/w640-h276/Jacopo_Tintoretto_-_Crucifixion_-_WGA22516.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><u>Why Did Jesus Have to Die? (Part 1 of 3)</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><u>(click here to listen or right-click to download)</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-36289166121365371692024-03-13T18:49:00.000-07:002024-03-13T18:49:50.710-07:00The Evangeliad (28:50-29:3)<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbPQwd5vk5_-dRbYMAbPOtynH4HLcNq6Eocsn1NeOQR6xv1i1RSDeKW5m6U9R4APcR_9jqzmXjeNLTw0zn_BFuIBlbLHjFpjXdDGN1UJCyS29Txn56aH9mVLArNgDuyCkdldZ6Gy0n3S7tRuFnsQ6k_MZMM-K0VXAYGyp_MB16UzQ7UpD1PeH/s2048/Crucifixion-Giotto_mg_9953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="2048" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbPQwd5vk5_-dRbYMAbPOtynH4HLcNq6Eocsn1NeOQR6xv1i1RSDeKW5m6U9R4APcR_9jqzmXjeNLTw0zn_BFuIBlbLHjFpjXdDGN1UJCyS29Txn56aH9mVLArNgDuyCkdldZ6Gy0n3S7tRuFnsQ6k_MZMM-K0VXAYGyp_MB16UzQ7UpD1PeH/w640-h356/Crucifixion-Giotto_mg_9953.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>(<a href="https://thepeaceandthepassion.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-evangeliad.html">Click here for an introduction and previous installments of the Evangeliad</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>Section 28:50-29:3 (corresponding to <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+10%3A22-25&version=NIV" target="_blank">Mark 1022-25</a>; <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+19%3A22-24&version=NIV" target="_blank">Matt. 19:22-24</a>; <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+18%3A23-25&version=NIV" target="_blank">Luke 18:23-25</a>)</u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But the young man, he frowned, hung his head, sad--</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To give away all that he'd ever had?--</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He was rich, and his riches all kept him bound,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Unable to seize the treasure he'd found.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So he turned from Jesus, hanging his head,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And as he faded from view, Jesus said,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"How hard it is, my friends, oh, how hard,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For the rich to enter the kingdom of God!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Truly I tell you, it's a simpler thing</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For a camel to pass through the smallest ring--</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes, through a needle's eye, if you'd believe--</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Than the rich the kingdom of God to receive."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-82447135374086735192024-03-12T18:30:00.000-07:002024-03-13T18:37:08.636-07:00Photo of the Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqZzY9QYIz9-ar6SplV0CoAP2ycw_3ALI48JsWNYd6JNSwozLp82V9-aE8QD3CRRtk9jru98haDuaFV_hyzmc_x6-7rFjs9UyaPH-elan6XXnO7QTjAuytS_AeCUXoJ__Fw4-4wRCxgh_1kW2zz4b62zqPnCR8_wBML4wGY-pwE9tjRhir9zu/s4608/DSC_1173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqZzY9QYIz9-ar6SplV0CoAP2ycw_3ALI48JsWNYd6JNSwozLp82V9-aE8QD3CRRtk9jru98haDuaFV_hyzmc_x6-7rFjs9UyaPH-elan6XXnO7QTjAuytS_AeCUXoJ__Fw4-4wRCxgh_1kW2zz4b62zqPnCR8_wBML4wGY-pwE9tjRhir9zu/w640-h426/DSC_1173.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>He makes springs pour water into the ravines;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It flows between the mountains. [...]</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;</div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">The land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.</div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>- Psalm 104:10, 13</i></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-21816263596103289672024-03-11T18:27:00.000-07:002024-03-13T18:29:59.986-07:00Quote of the Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlsmpXz7KMBkr4hDoG_Rq5qiBnEGEgtdrcmhyphenhyphen0QqJ1kO_oxqlWFUh0J9idEpzqUA8bmTRIuTKjY569UyRsBMmUefZEOXocn30bchf4zYkUgZuNqONSDEGip6R8p-Vjq4uYd0JGuGMlh8LUo1xero8OY8iXEfFvYR3j_8FP_ZKOmE7vtWfDhdJ/s1200/1200px-G._K._Chesterton_at_work.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1200" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlsmpXz7KMBkr4hDoG_Rq5qiBnEGEgtdrcmhyphenhyphen0QqJ1kO_oxqlWFUh0J9idEpzqUA8bmTRIuTKjY569UyRsBMmUefZEOXocn30bchf4zYkUgZuNqONSDEGip6R8p-Vjq4uYd0JGuGMlh8LUo1xero8OY8iXEfFvYR3j_8FP_ZKOmE7vtWfDhdJ/s320/1200px-G._K._Chesterton_at_work.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />"Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>- G. K. Chesterton</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-49312085906813325522024-03-08T07:23:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:23:02.547-08:00A Prayer from Thomas Cranmer<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6H7mbsvJYIU7ARho34TndjXnWjlbnL4M13mW1tBxQ-soCF06DkNQdYt7m_6wZYnHRTuusCYinqpOxDizTtqnJZPM52hoG2Dwhk6zAVyl1WNX8TmI3H2C0tRc25_jOr6vNgjNKsGi0v56BejIZIYW2p896qGhFQLmsnXKN2pgilf4EQpmUXVK/s4124/Ely_Cathedral_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3086" data-original-width="4124" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6H7mbsvJYIU7ARho34TndjXnWjlbnL4M13mW1tBxQ-soCF06DkNQdYt7m_6wZYnHRTuusCYinqpOxDizTtqnJZPM52hoG2Dwhk6zAVyl1WNX8TmI3H2C0tRc25_jOr6vNgjNKsGi0v56BejIZIYW2p896qGhFQLmsnXKN2pgilf4EQpmUXVK/w436-h326/Ely_Cathedral_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" width="436" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />We humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities, and for the glory of thy name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved, and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honor and glory, through our only mediator and advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-43317382809074859872024-03-07T07:00:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:14:37.793-08:00Coming Next Week: Sermon Podcasts<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Now that my church history series is complete, I'll be transitioning my Thursday blog post over to podcasts of the previous Sunday's sermons. These have always been available by clicking a sidebar link and navigating to my church's website, but I thought it might be helpful to provide them more directly on my own site, especially since readers who access this blog via mobile phones don't see the sidebar in their on-screen format. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As such, next week I'll begin posting links to my sermons, of which there will usually be two, from the previous Sunday's morning and evening services. Both services usually feature expository preaching from scripture, most often as part of a book-by-book study series. The Sunday morning sermons (posted here on Thursdays) will start off with a Lenten series on the atonement, and after Easter will switch back over to an ongoing series on 2 Corinthians. The evening sermons currently feature a study in the Gospel of Luke.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPy6ieWZWXRdSUkc6s-8-e0gJPa7Ch28ZTpXJj3cp57DfunuLRFRbcZKHP1rO-sQtIZop1jLma6D35VfNqk1SBugsvrVv8-AuT9RWBqpidoNVKwdtBNsgPTRhiYFUPAnRtQgFe5_582UPPJG5RudQW5BA3ITeXx3bvxr_Mo7gUOB3WcPAnzsa/s464/Etching_of_pulpit_in_Newcastle_Cathedral_(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="352" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPy6ieWZWXRdSUkc6s-8-e0gJPa7Ch28ZTpXJj3cp57DfunuLRFRbcZKHP1rO-sQtIZop1jLma6D35VfNqk1SBugsvrVv8-AuT9RWBqpidoNVKwdtBNsgPTRhiYFUPAnRtQgFe5_582UPPJG5RudQW5BA3ITeXx3bvxr_Mo7gUOB3WcPAnzsa/w277-h365/Etching_of_pulpit_in_Newcastle_Cathedral_(1).jpg" width="277" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-80739873880162222932024-03-06T06:39:00.000-08:002024-03-07T06:45:58.737-08:00The Evangeliad (28:48-49)<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQFEyXHB-NgTHX22I1ys-7jWn_pmNTT2AyA8zPVueAOb_6irJclsB-MVBbE0UkJbaYD9aUY-wjdt8-Q0wJ6oOBF5WmO7VH-eheeb1JlQ_j3kefLLDU8Hn9iBz5J9dRBtbsDCMR3IblkS6tVDcUDN01DrQYHyG_9z6MPEPbTZ1aDNmbFC6tP4a/s2048/Crucifixion-Giotto_mg_9953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="2048" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQFEyXHB-NgTHX22I1ys-7jWn_pmNTT2AyA8zPVueAOb_6irJclsB-MVBbE0UkJbaYD9aUY-wjdt8-Q0wJ6oOBF5WmO7VH-eheeb1JlQ_j3kefLLDU8Hn9iBz5J9dRBtbsDCMR3IblkS6tVDcUDN01DrQYHyG_9z6MPEPbTZ1aDNmbFC6tP4a/w640-h356/Crucifixion-Giotto_mg_9953.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>(<a href="https://thepeaceandthepassion.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-evangeliad.html">Click here for an introduction and previous installments of the Evangeliad</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>Section 28:48-49 (corresponding to <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+10%3A21&version=NIV" target="_blank">Mark 10:21</a>; <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+19%3A21&version=NIV" target="_blank">Matt. 19:21</a>; <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+18%3A22&version=NIV" target="_blank">Luke 18:22</a>)</u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus looked at him, beheld him in love,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Saw clearly the yearning he'd just spoken of.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">"To be perfect and whole, one thing remains,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One thing to break you free of your chains:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">You must leave all behind, give it all up--</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Surrender the riches you've hoarded up;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sell what you have, pay it all to the poor,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And heaven's treasure you'll have evermore.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Then come follow me; come, take up your cross;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Throw yourself into the kingdom with us!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The cross of sacrifice will set you free,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So lay it all down, and come follow me!"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-14776823026094819532024-03-05T19:07:00.000-08:002024-03-05T19:07:50.100-08:00Photo of the Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTYGnOYsMkCoeFsNhfaXd43ZN3x9EesusXh9cNNdxgPa-wdoVtRSKX2YMuvQ2-GFRqndXEPgqrx8vIhK78WRHwXoAKT5I6te8oYmR5i0u1WnpKwLWGhyEtmHj7cWgrP3SVWZ0gVhmSE8x7_ndWATrlnE7CkRSuLIR3YGYscjQpyRqbrMr0aEx/s4608/DSC_0075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTYGnOYsMkCoeFsNhfaXd43ZN3x9EesusXh9cNNdxgPa-wdoVtRSKX2YMuvQ2-GFRqndXEPgqrx8vIhK78WRHwXoAKT5I6te8oYmR5i0u1WnpKwLWGhyEtmHj7cWgrP3SVWZ0gVhmSE8x7_ndWATrlnE7CkRSuLIR3YGYscjQpyRqbrMr0aEx/w640-h426/DSC_0075.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A seedling of Jesse shall flower,</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A ruler descend from his line,</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Instinct with the spirit of power,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The spirit of wisdom divine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then children the tiger shall lead;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The wolves shall lie down with the flocks;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The goat with the leopard shall feed,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The lion eat straw with the ox.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The word that goes forth from His mouth</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A light to the nations shall be,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To spread from the north to the south,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And flow like the tides to the sea.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>- from a hymn by William Harcourt</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-52061708669458812512024-03-04T18:55:00.000-08:002024-03-05T18:56:42.162-08:00Quote of the Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeWeDTBiCF3JV5QhxTJ1AVwV3vvH3PT7eULecY4iD7I4B4X43Sdynv5nv65be07kCfoYlTUo1Ot697SyJqXtDIuFY8hTy83MOLKYJGJ6Av_pg6luzi3TVDv1CcEtOB74NDfCU3fXCBtdt5RdqAo40i-xfFhVWrcvE9eTEPsyr0eDgpglc3F54/s2866/John_Donne_by_Isaac_Oliver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2866" data-original-width="2400" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeWeDTBiCF3JV5QhxTJ1AVwV3vvH3PT7eULecY4iD7I4B4X43Sdynv5nv65be07kCfoYlTUo1Ot697SyJqXtDIuFY8hTy83MOLKYJGJ6Av_pg6luzi3TVDv1CcEtOB74NDfCU3fXCBtdt5RdqAo40i-xfFhVWrcvE9eTEPsyr0eDgpglc3F54/w215-h256/John_Donne_by_Isaac_Oliver.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br />"As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>- John Donne</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-29573166678655502562024-02-28T19:02:00.000-08:002024-02-28T19:02:57.356-08:00The Evangeliad (28:45-47)<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2TgPnWNQV-0Ywb43p6Dg5SUyhz0Njya2rMC5LREN-HdyHUoqrK2Bddbl6Ma2sTicX20EI6C9pNKVGTHJ1hS2wZpIpdmHuhL7XIxhEslLQ5qg2v1jbQMOe4AKwmihPCfxLEVfOIKb19_9m4yb-sQP4nEePlx-egOaaDfln7DVhRRvZ7_jVZUm/s2048/Crucifixion-Giotto_mg_9953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="2048" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2TgPnWNQV-0Ywb43p6Dg5SUyhz0Njya2rMC5LREN-HdyHUoqrK2Bddbl6Ma2sTicX20EI6C9pNKVGTHJ1hS2wZpIpdmHuhL7XIxhEslLQ5qg2v1jbQMOe4AKwmihPCfxLEVfOIKb19_9m4yb-sQP4nEePlx-egOaaDfln7DVhRRvZ7_jVZUm/w640-h356/Crucifixion-Giotto_mg_9953.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>(<a href="https://thepeaceandthepassion.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-evangeliad.html">Click here for an introduction and previous installments of the Evangeliad</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>Section 28:45-47 (corresponding to <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+10%3A19-20&version=NIV" target="_blank">Mark 10:19-20</a>; <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+19%3A18-20&version=NIV" target="_blank">Matt. 19:18-20</a>)</u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"But which ones do you mean?" the man then pressed,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Which of the commandments would you suggest?"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"You know them already," Jesus replied,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Those rules which God gave as a way of life--</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Commit no murder, nor adultery,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Neither steal nor give false testimony,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love your neighbor, don't defraud another,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And honor your father and your mother."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"But I've kept all these," said the rich young man,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Kept each from my youth, the best that I can.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I want the kingdom-life; what do I lack?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm still missing something--what holds me back?"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-51487706743171772042024-02-27T18:48:00.000-08:002024-02-28T18:53:56.644-08:00Photo of the Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgEwcb9oJZUnMUzUDpeBSK5XSwZMulX57Vx1QYj0OQMgiQOi1BL7JUcj-U6FPXpQ7pmi2fotVc9t89SXw9d_dDLEoyq9aUVnUbuH7doG6CwEIJLPtL-8BKgihTsU0tgf6R-jKMNUm-nOaf9baywLMbJzNPR36SjV60OCQbfajEGaHmzr_1zVzn/s4608/DSC_0390.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgEwcb9oJZUnMUzUDpeBSK5XSwZMulX57Vx1QYj0OQMgiQOi1BL7JUcj-U6FPXpQ7pmi2fotVc9t89SXw9d_dDLEoyq9aUVnUbuH7doG6CwEIJLPtL-8BKgihTsU0tgf6R-jKMNUm-nOaf9baywLMbJzNPR36SjV60OCQbfajEGaHmzr_1zVzn/w640-h426/DSC_0390.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Be at rest, be at rest once more</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">O my soul, for the Lord has been good</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Be at rest, be at rest once more</div><div style="text-align: center;">O my soul, o my soul</div><div style="text-align: center;">Be at rest once more</div><div style="text-align: center;">For the Lord has been good to you.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>- from a song by Steve Green</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-85942180407926033632024-02-26T18:45:00.000-08:002024-02-28T18:48:10.115-08:00Quote of the Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Y_rfZNNQiFak0RT4w1PpTb3GCqd7oyxuXYRaGZfGgZxfmTK8XS4865TlWyG6xnGd988EsuFflm-q3v4I4ULoguqSCsImp6JIRRG7RdkpuYWQo2KkpqCRBV9fB1etmqNpgIQ31yBYsNf5cqWOU2D7PvfpVo3bOrCvO0xI8YTj8xH7IZqF7Sbg/s600/paul-tournier-1.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="600" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Y_rfZNNQiFak0RT4w1PpTb3GCqd7oyxuXYRaGZfGgZxfmTK8XS4865TlWyG6xnGd988EsuFflm-q3v4I4ULoguqSCsImp6JIRRG7RdkpuYWQo2KkpqCRBV9fB1etmqNpgIQ31yBYsNf5cqWOU2D7PvfpVo3bOrCvO0xI8YTj8xH7IZqF7Sbg/w268-h224/paul-tournier-1.webp" width="268" /></a></div><br />"There are two things we cannot do alone. </span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">One is to be married and the other is to be a Christian."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>- Paul Tournier</i></span></div></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-31658477090837623412024-02-21T16:58:00.000-08:002024-02-21T17:01:01.636-08:00The Evangeliad (28:42-44)<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMhiFK02iPyPZP-b02Rp6Z1E2CZ6aHyEMfrA0f-mzSOzAVNjw9nGDr8yhcywnYAvApA_J1yTA7LlClWcJkietB82ovbKEbOnmbTIADickxEGAgxE-8T1Ap43jkHjujk48D5eWeWcHbKa2ffFJxKUQPt-nKYT1UDjnK0ZybV4x2EFmggetctwb/s2048/Crucifixion-Giotto_mg_9953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="2048" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMhiFK02iPyPZP-b02Rp6Z1E2CZ6aHyEMfrA0f-mzSOzAVNjw9nGDr8yhcywnYAvApA_J1yTA7LlClWcJkietB82ovbKEbOnmbTIADickxEGAgxE-8T1Ap43jkHjujk48D5eWeWcHbKa2ffFJxKUQPt-nKYT1UDjnK0ZybV4x2EFmggetctwb/w640-h356/Crucifixion-Giotto_mg_9953.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>(<a href="https://thepeaceandthepassion.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-evangeliad.html">Click here for an introduction and previous installments of the Evangeliad</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Section 28:42-44 (corresponding to <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+10%3A17-19&version=NIV" target="_blank">Mark 10:17-19</a>)</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As Jesus continued to walk along,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A rich young ruler ran out of the throng,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Came up to Jesus and fell on his knees,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And with the crowd watching, ventured to speak:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">"Tell me, good teacher, because I must know--</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">For eternal life, where should I go?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">What must I do, and how should I live,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">To gain that prize above every gift?"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">At this Jesus smiled, and made his reply</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">By noting what the man's words would imply--</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Asking him for God's ultimate gift,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">With Christ as the guide to render him this.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">"Now why do you call me good?" Jesus said,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">"For no one is good but God, my friend.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And as for eternal life, don't you know?--</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The commandments' way is how you should go."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-13776235527617115612024-02-20T05:23:00.000-08:002024-02-21T05:29:02.441-08:00Photo of the Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2R7-qL5WnFCiGDPPHH3FOSCFzK6HykxjgwXX2RMBjaV58EcpLErPNjR50SXirYykSfbjJRmpFA73laDGOflBSXY98eKxT4WTDtyKOgP1exunAHFU9XMcVi6Kw2h1PYL0h3fLCm6VWmGKzx7dBxs0n2YygI6mUdByrElO56HmUrtEKXJHvwVL/s4608/DSC_0557.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2R7-qL5WnFCiGDPPHH3FOSCFzK6HykxjgwXX2RMBjaV58EcpLErPNjR50SXirYykSfbjJRmpFA73laDGOflBSXY98eKxT4WTDtyKOgP1exunAHFU9XMcVi6Kw2h1PYL0h3fLCm6VWmGKzx7dBxs0n2YygI6mUdByrElO56HmUrtEKXJHvwVL/w640-h426/DSC_0557.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Come, let us search our ways and try;</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Have they been just and right?</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Is the great rule of equity</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our practice and delight?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then may we raise our modest pray'r</div><div style="text-align: center;">To God, the just and kind;</div><div style="text-align: center;">May humbly cast on him our care,</div><div style="text-align: center;">And hope his grace to find.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>- from a hymn by Isaac Watts</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-62913736830343883962024-02-19T05:22:00.000-08:002024-02-21T05:23:51.439-08:00Quote of the Week<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaQUPp22LstqYT6fCgfigcCXRBgqHe9-AJAlwCKkbCtTK98i2pgGwPGKuZsgKCZPZtKfbuPpABfqFrDQJvJ4A2uQ7QpV6gZW_F4_fiN-HheevXkJnizsRujBLA49R_Fdp5Eu1faWsFCqefpqLpUlBVhNn68HfFzs_Vrl-1wMIQC3U862xGsuS/s420/Brother_Lawrence_in_the_kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="381" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaQUPp22LstqYT6fCgfigcCXRBgqHe9-AJAlwCKkbCtTK98i2pgGwPGKuZsgKCZPZtKfbuPpABfqFrDQJvJ4A2uQ7QpV6gZW_F4_fiN-HheevXkJnizsRujBLA49R_Fdp5Eu1faWsFCqefpqLpUlBVhNn68HfFzs_Vrl-1wMIQC3U862xGsuS/w260-h286/Brother_Lawrence_in_the_kitchen.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br />"The most holy and necessary practice in our spiritual life is the presence of God. That means finding constant pleasure in His divine company, speaking humbly and lovingly with him in all seasons, at every moment, without limiting the conversation in any way."</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>- Brother Lawrence</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-56031549849888075152024-02-15T16:24:00.000-08:002024-02-15T16:24:00.130-08:00Church History: The Challenge of the Present Moment<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJrlAdzOC9kv4T0GIIpyQ1IrzPveQHahRYAUqbx-H1dDwfiayiCh-30Qj5JkKtuHWAWvwqTlRE4vTZIyRlDNipS602MQw6QV6LO6-gqJg7tR-9cDgL6kdchYwK4d03OJvk9_DW9fhKP9bTvmaYBhzCFi3geS2W-UduKSMtcsobTbJUxp7D75j/s1200/Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_(1775-1851)_-_Interior_of_a_Gothic_Church_-_N05536_-_National_Gallery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1200" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJrlAdzOC9kv4T0GIIpyQ1IrzPveQHahRYAUqbx-H1dDwfiayiCh-30Qj5JkKtuHWAWvwqTlRE4vTZIyRlDNipS602MQw6QV6LO6-gqJg7tR-9cDgL6kdchYwK4d03OJvk9_DW9fhKP9bTvmaYBhzCFi3geS2W-UduKSMtcsobTbJUxp7D75j/w487-h333/Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_(1775-1851)_-_Interior_of_a_Gothic_Church_-_N05536_-_National_Gallery.jpg" width="487" /></a></div>(<a href="https://thepeaceandthepassion.blogspot.com/2023/05/church-history-series.html">Click here for the church history series page</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><a href="https://ia601307.us.archive.org/34/items/church-history-20-the-challenge-of-the-present-moment/Church%20History%2020%20-%20The%20Challenge%20of%20the%20Present%20Moment.mp3" target="_blank">Lecture audio: The Challenge of the Present Moment</a></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://ia601307.us.archive.org/34/items/church-history-20-the-challenge-of-the-present-moment/Church%20History%2020%20-%20The%20Challenge%20of%20the%20Present%20Moment.mp3" target="_blank">(click here to listen or right-click to download)</a></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Lecture Notes Outline</i></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Challenges in “Post-Christian” Societies<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Christianity
amid the World Wars<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">-</span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Dietrich
Bonhoeffer & Corrie ten Boom<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Declines
in church attendance in Europe & North America<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">-</span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->A
new wave of apologists: G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Evangelism
in a post-Christian context<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">-</span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Billy
Graham crusades & friendship evangelism<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Christian
Rights and Non-Christian Ideologies<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">-</span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Martin
Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->The
Cold War & the Christian resurgence in eastern Europe<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Assessing
the present moment through a historical lens<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Historical Turning Points in the Present
Moment<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Major
milestones in Bible translation and unreached people groups<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Flourishing
of “kingdom movements” around the world<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Growth
of Christianity in Muslim-majority areas<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Widespread
persecution<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Christianity
in China<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Christianity
in America</span></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></u></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-23251067444393306672024-02-14T14:03:00.000-08:002024-02-14T14:03:42.445-08:00The Evangeliad (28:40-41)<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyypRh2iOHQ-bDfXvPW4UgCgulGrEvaQwrKwndGqJSYOSz4BEnMDawP7gM2O-2ZtPksxDRBK1qXyT1CvpABmUjRsJEtPxxPbKrWBgsSLgJGWpUsfqskzdJRlZN3AdgwU8puKo-4103fMG0HKDfDk_d_zzqXd5Y7KmcAmQEXmJ1ws0Yi2e7KBz/s2048/Crucifixion-Giotto_mg_9953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="2048" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyypRh2iOHQ-bDfXvPW4UgCgulGrEvaQwrKwndGqJSYOSz4BEnMDawP7gM2O-2ZtPksxDRBK1qXyT1CvpABmUjRsJEtPxxPbKrWBgsSLgJGWpUsfqskzdJRlZN3AdgwU8puKo-4103fMG0HKDfDk_d_zzqXd5Y7KmcAmQEXmJ1ws0Yi2e7KBz/w640-h356/Crucifixion-Giotto_mg_9953.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>(<a href="https://thepeaceandthepassion.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-evangeliad.html">Click here for an introduction and previous installments of the Evangeliad</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>Section 28:40-41 (corresponding to <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+12%3A20-21&version=NIV" target="_blank">Luke 12:20-21</a>):</u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But God rebuked him, saying, 'You fool!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Don't you realize you've no right to rule</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Over such circumstances of your life?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It will be taken from you this very night!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And when you have died, what good will this do?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another person will take it, not you.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes, all this grain you've laid up for yourself</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Will just go to enrich somebody else.'</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is how it will be," Jesus went on,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"With all who seek to build wealth of their own</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Without being rich toward the things of God;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They lie to themselves, their wealth is a fraud."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></i></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-15913029558741868142024-02-13T13:52:00.000-08:002024-02-14T13:55:38.240-08:00Photo of the Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafFirRhE43If09QD4pbndZ8yV-q8nEEfSS0l9WvdDX4DKQ6_iNEUi2sw5AxBoRHrgZNbsorWcdfz8fQjEKVS2gDsn9fJ2rYjpkzEK4KepsuXk6_dhJpGBpXdndV81wrRwiY7lcDsE93EV_zn4vBDL6M6e1jGQUS2dXHvCkqMr9U1psBNk4LM1/s4608/DSC_0188.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafFirRhE43If09QD4pbndZ8yV-q8nEEfSS0l9WvdDX4DKQ6_iNEUi2sw5AxBoRHrgZNbsorWcdfz8fQjEKVS2gDsn9fJ2rYjpkzEK4KepsuXk6_dhJpGBpXdndV81wrRwiY7lcDsE93EV_zn4vBDL6M6e1jGQUS2dXHvCkqMr9U1psBNk4LM1/w640-h426/DSC_0188.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The choicest gifts of the ancient mountains </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">the best gifts of the earth and its fullness [...]:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, </div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">on the brow of the prince among his brothers.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>- Deuteronomy 33:15-16</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-58805382461169434592024-02-12T13:46:00.000-08:002024-02-14T13:52:05.829-08:00Quote of the Week<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDd6o1jrk4P0Y9ShLrHt4DL00clmen2h1TUPqFXTax6Rjvz_ZqB19xQMhY6g7peWPSWMzOzf1qC4GZuKrk9VKmvudGWVQJ_f0mBmPYL8AaXaMLCpaTxF-zg5gdwZ7XIuDwBuRHbffQce-7XyHudaOvLIVLDfl0TJFzTG6DFXyxSACcZw4TLMSB/s350/AWTozer_headshot_350.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDd6o1jrk4P0Y9ShLrHt4DL00clmen2h1TUPqFXTax6Rjvz_ZqB19xQMhY6g7peWPSWMzOzf1qC4GZuKrk9VKmvudGWVQJ_f0mBmPYL8AaXaMLCpaTxF-zg5gdwZ7XIuDwBuRHbffQce-7XyHudaOvLIVLDfl0TJFzTG6DFXyxSACcZw4TLMSB/w162-h162/AWTozer_headshot_350.webp" width="162" /></a></div><br />"Anything God has ever done, he can do now. Anything God has ever done anywhere, he can do here. Anything God has ever done for anyone, he can do for you."</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <i>A. W. Tozer</i></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-88792025567028395972024-02-06T19:19:00.000-08:002024-02-07T20:04:24.774-08:00Photo of the Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_h-gOMUYRCDeEZ-3NJkLeANBja4mIYpFsaICkH1UtRL0QXK16SU9fw1yjbqGG-cQGpO_ZwEmBouQob8lzNM8v7y49c2ni-YfKgLBttgltjQQI9u4toPGp8ZNigCXA4e0M_0mM2B6HXG1vZRAvIdNsSkuzFBdSW1NX5_owuRAJhdjCOeYPeUq/s3167/DSC_0497.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2115" data-original-width="3167" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_h-gOMUYRCDeEZ-3NJkLeANBja4mIYpFsaICkH1UtRL0QXK16SU9fw1yjbqGG-cQGpO_ZwEmBouQob8lzNM8v7y49c2ni-YfKgLBttgltjQQI9u4toPGp8ZNigCXA4e0M_0mM2B6HXG1vZRAvIdNsSkuzFBdSW1NX5_owuRAJhdjCOeYPeUq/w640-h428/DSC_0497.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Our eyes salvation see,</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Prepared by grace divine;</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">How wide its splendors are diffused!</div><div style="text-align: center;">How bright its glories shine!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>- from a hymn by Philip Doddridge</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-80028936004974603622024-02-05T19:19:00.000-08:002024-02-07T19:23:49.652-08:00Quote of the Week<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzIqlULZqwxyfLguYSczA6FB1LS3BJmI_xVcRcot2fCw3wMa2-u_zQUl4vsahV1u_steHKE14EW7UXxLmkOWzlN9Z2xtAhpKw6xtEIgJb9dOyrELvWJZboyWu3rKICSOLGxFbz3TgNe3TY08Klv9ZZXTTfS7qnpbHRL9vqk1O7DBnJLpgn0JB/s315/Thomas_von_Kempen_JS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="299" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzIqlULZqwxyfLguYSczA6FB1LS3BJmI_xVcRcot2fCw3wMa2-u_zQUl4vsahV1u_steHKE14EW7UXxLmkOWzlN9Z2xtAhpKw6xtEIgJb9dOyrELvWJZboyWu3rKICSOLGxFbz3TgNe3TY08Klv9ZZXTTfS7qnpbHRL9vqk1O7DBnJLpgn0JB/w243-h256/Thomas_von_Kempen_JS.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><br />"If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance."</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>- Thomas a Kempis</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-20034941980513901792024-02-02T06:43:00.000-08:002024-02-03T06:47:39.836-08:00A Prayer from Charles Spurgeon<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rvhVu-3saYm6WyN7qFARbm8D7IG9PwVtPEjo56gFSkfbhafP_TJPCEFRSEF2LQywyj7Lr5Y_L0QIG2sP2IoksPomoaWHvrZ33HS4ZUOtcRIHShDLjmvZlUK-Gw09fhrnHkUqjCMuSnR-P7BWY2Sm6dHKm0FpbnLT3nP46S1UJZgnboXbTnBq/s2844/Frederic_Edwin_Church_-_Schoodic_Peninsula_from_Mount_Desert_at_Sunrise_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1782" data-original-width="2844" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rvhVu-3saYm6WyN7qFARbm8D7IG9PwVtPEjo56gFSkfbhafP_TJPCEFRSEF2LQywyj7Lr5Y_L0QIG2sP2IoksPomoaWHvrZ33HS4ZUOtcRIHShDLjmvZlUK-Gw09fhrnHkUqjCMuSnR-P7BWY2Sm6dHKm0FpbnLT3nP46S1UJZgnboXbTnBq/w564-h354/Frederic_Edwin_Church_-_Schoodic_Peninsula_from_Mount_Desert_at_Sunrise_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><br />O Lord Jesus, we would bow at Thy feet, conscious of our utter inability to do anything without Thee, and in every favor which we are privileged to receive, we would adore Thy blessed name and acknowledge Thine unexhausted love. Amen.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616347.post-92179298801733645882024-02-01T06:35:00.000-08:002024-02-03T06:42:18.323-08:00Church History - Global Expansion of Christianity in the Twentieth Century<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlCQQB-NwlWYyXOt1W4R-DWh8qdmU6FnAzzA5qjote8ITg301tDaQIjZbxUlstujmvrb6gUTpo3hDcPiEF9Y6NXOVkvmgf6LYTPiinJp9P-RNYwshidA9-y_WYQhMV9ykeV82AMcA74RJvwqH-fr-AWqB0WUe6T9iCiy1dQlJJEYpevlO-VnO/s2176/An_African_trail_(1917)_(14578345257).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="2176" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlCQQB-NwlWYyXOt1W4R-DWh8qdmU6FnAzzA5qjote8ITg301tDaQIjZbxUlstujmvrb6gUTpo3hDcPiEF9Y6NXOVkvmgf6LYTPiinJp9P-RNYwshidA9-y_WYQhMV9ykeV82AMcA74RJvwqH-fr-AWqB0WUe6T9iCiy1dQlJJEYpevlO-VnO/w465-h278/An_African_trail_(1917)_(14578345257).jpg" width="465" /></a></div>(<a href="https://thepeaceandthepassion.blogspot.com/2023/05/church-history-series.html">Click here for the church history series page</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><a href="https://ia601309.us.archive.org/26/items/church-history-19-global-expansion-o-f-christianity-in-the-20th-century/Church%20History%2019%20-%20Global%20Expansion%20oF%20Christianity%20in%20the%2020th%20Century.mp3" target="_blank">Lecture audio: Global Expansion in the 20th Century</a></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://ia601309.us.archive.org/26/items/church-history-19-global-expansion-o-f-christianity-in-the-20th-century/Church%20History%2019%20-%20Global%20Expansion%20oF%20Christianity%20in%20the%2020th%20Century.mp3" target="_blank">(click here to listen or right-click to download)</a></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Lecture Notes Outline</i></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->William
Seymour & the Azusa Street Revival<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Emphasis
on ecstatic manifestations and gifts of the Spirit<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->The
Charismatic Renewal movement<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Ecumenism<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Differing
views on ecumenism from liberal and orthodox theologians<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->World
Council of Churches<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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reforms in Vatican II<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Global Expansion of Christianity<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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growth of churches in Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Rise
of mission agencies focused on specific aspects: Bible translation, medical
relief, humanitarian aid, theological training, unreached people groups, etc.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Mission
dynamics shifting<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->From
cross-cultural missionaries to indigenous mission movements<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->From
majority-world countries as “receivers” to “senders”</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></u></span></div>Matthew Burdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913612316482303016noreply@blogger.com