Jesus Archives | Stand Firm

What’s In Your Locker?

by Tim Fountain | Jan 19, 2020 | Anglicans, Bible Study, Jesus, Spirituality, The Gospel

I keep a Bible and Book of Common Prayer in my locker at the hospital where I work. I read Morning Prayer at home with my English Standard Version Bible; I have my Africa Study Bible (New Living Translation) at work for Evening Prayer. (No big commentary in sharing...

Jesus’ Affirmation of Our Sexual Identities

by Tim Fountain | Jan 12, 2020 | Bible Study, Eschatology, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Prosperity Gospel, Theological Liberalism, Woke Church

[Photo credit: ME. Rainbow over a church men’s retreat in the Black Hills of South Dakota. No, we were all straight.] OK, fair warning: coarse language in the upcoming movie quote. I’ve taken out some letters but that’s just cosmetic – your...

Not Sure I Care

by Tim Fountain | Jan 5, 2020 | Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Growth, Jesus, The Gospel

[Image from Astronomy in Color] Anybody remember the incels? Nah, not a crappy new wave band. They are/were/maybe never were the involuntary celibates. The term got going after some murderer (I won’t do the linking as these types should be consigned to...

Fulfilled. He would Be Called a Nazarene.

by David Ould | Jan 3, 2020 | Bible Study, Jesus

Matthew’s infancy narrative closes with the most intriguing of his claims to a fulfilment of Old Testament promise and prophecy. Matthew 2 ends with what appears to be a wrapping up of events; a denouement to all that has come before. After Herod died, an angel...

Fulfilled. Rachel Weeping for her Children.

by David Ould | Jan 2, 2020 | Bible Study, Jesus

There’s one part of Matthew’s infancy narrative that never seems to make the Christmas Cards or school plays. When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity...

Fulfilled. Out of Egypt I Called My Son.

by David Ould | Jan 1, 2020 | Bible Study, Jesus, The Gospel

We continue our exploration of Matthew’s use of the Old Testament in his infancy narrative as we turn to the flight of the Holy Family to Egypt. In our previous piece we saw the Magi arrive to find the new-born King of the Jews. They are met by Herod...