Category Archives: Gentile nations

Foreigners Coming, Missionaries Going

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Tad

July 3, 2016     The Seventh Sunday of Pentecost   2 Kings 5:1-14; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 The story of the servant of Naaman’s wife alongside the sending of 70 missionaries gives the dual trajectory of mission today. On the one hand, we … Continue reading →

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Structures of Sin

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Tad

June 26, 2016   The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost   Galatians 5:19-23 The usual task of itemizing the individual sins of the “works of the flesh” is rudely disrupted by the villagers in Samaria. Searching the corporate heart of the villagers … Continue reading →

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Prayer, Silence, and the Silence of God

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Tad

June 19, 2016  The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost   1 Kings 19:9-15 When Elijah asked to see God, he was shown the force of wind, earthquake, and fire. The presence of God, however, came not in them but in silence, “the … Continue reading →

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