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“Don’t just ‘do something’, sit there!” -Love that!

I am wondering if daily bread meant more to the people of that day than our day? How big is the crowds ask and how much bigger is the Lord's answer.

As your good friend Chad Bird points out, Mark uses language which parallels "God passing by and before Israel". Understanding Mark 6: 45-56 depends on KNOWING WHERE EVENTS TAKE PLACE. Bethsaida is NOT geographically on "the other side" of the feeding of the 5000 and PLEASE... Gennesaret is NOT on the Decapolis side of the Sea of Galilee. Bethsaida is ethnically "on the other side", and that is the point Mark is making. Bethsaida used to be where the Jordan river enters the Sea of Galilee on the north. The apostle John tells us this is where Peter, Andrew, and Phillip are from. Like Nazareth, where Jesus is from, Matthew tell us the village is scolded for their lack of faith - apparently familiarity leads to contempt. Gennesaret is west and south of Tabgah and Capernaum. Jesus tells Peter and crew to row "home" (Bethsaida). In short, every time God makes a covenant, he presents himself as the MULTIPLIER: "be fruitful and multiply". Jesus "passes by" (as God) but, like the Pharoah "their hearts were hardened".

Thanks for the great video. I felt like I was in small group discussion. Stay safe and healthy.

It's remarkable how God directs events so His will is accomplished. Consider Joseph the adopted father of Jesus, returning from Egypt after fleeing because of Herod the Great - the ruler who expanded the great temple of Jerusalem. Joseph could have stayed in Bethlehem but Herod Archelaus becomes ethnarch of Judah, Samaria, and Idumea (a ruler of such incompetence and cruelty that Rome replaces him). Instead Joseph goes to Galilee governed by the tetrarch Herod Antipas (a ruler who will send Jesus back to Pilate for his trial). And in this reading we see Jesus in a boat crossing the Sea of Galilee with fishermen. So while these rulers might imagine they are causing the future - it is God who determines the outcome.

While it was common practice to organize soldiers into groups for eating, as indicated in: Xenophon's "Anabasis", Plutarch's "Life of Lycurgus", Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey", and Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War", groups of 50 or 100 as "drinking groups" is not indicated in the text. It does explain, however, how they were able to be certain of the number of men. Jesus "commands" everyone to sit on "green grass". Sitting in the boat on the way across might give the disciples some rest - and maybe even a chance for a bite to eat. They're fishermen, used to the Sea of Galilee. It's hard to imagine the ministry of Jesus without a fishing boat.

Jesus says in John 4:34. "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.." He commissions to do this same work. The promise seems to be that He will provide for us as we feed others. Jesus told Peter, "Feed My sheep."

Excellent eating, brothers!

1/2 a kingdom offer for a Kingdom wholly controlled by Rome…but the puppet king had image of authority and could have a man killed. Sermon prompts do not make oaths, if you must make oath break it if it embrasses God or is insult to God. The end of John’s ministry the full focus and launch of Jesus ministry, we are made aware that following God has consequences when we speak for God as truth to power ie John or Jesus or maybe later Paul. Maybe speak to the shame of an execution for a Jewish male and even worse it was at the hands of a woman. You could pause to think about what it is to a be righteous man, women, person in today’s context. Foreshadowing the death of Jesus for speaking against institutional oppression and inequities not just a monarch. John was rejected, Jesus had been rejected the disciples had just be sent out to also experience rejection.-->then we move to the feeding 5000 miracle and the message of abundance from God. I struggled writing for a short homily this Sunday but picked this passage.

One thing I think about this text is that, in it, for all his power, Herod is the imprisoned or constrained one, not John. Herod knows that John is bringing good news; that's why he listens to John with joy. But, ultimately, he acts in a way contrary to what he knows to be right and contrary to what he wants to do. Pride, lust, an aversion to embarrassment drive him to kill John. He is in bondage to sin and cannot free himself. John though, is free. He lives in the freedom of the gospel. When you know that in Christ, death is not the end of your story, you needn't be cowed by what the devil and this world can do to you.

Great video brothers! I'm preaching this 4th of July weekend... Freedom in Christ! God bless!

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7:24 as a agnostic, and self thought tarot reader who has interpreted religious texts ( mostly the bible) as a hobby, the mustard seet comparrason to the kingdom of heaven, appears to me to be a refference of potencial. As in, even in the smallest of ideas people can can find a troumendous amount of value if they take a nurturing approach, is they are curious for what the results are, and if they give it time and effort, and eventually, a person will get the fruits of their labour. But the reward is not only then, but in the active nourishing of this mustard seed on fertile land, you know how people who love doing something they feel imensely satisfied because the activity is a reward in of itself, and in those times they dont need anything more, because they already have what they need at that moment. The fertile soil part, if i were to generalise, it would be the curiosity, the approach, the philosophy with which we approach a new creation, the self analisys, the research, the mistakes, and the solutions, our attitude, and all of this combined makes a fertile soil for a human beeing to then enter the kingdom of god, kongdom of heaven, however you like to call it. Me personally, my interpretation of life,heaven, hell, and purgatory, is that it all happens here right now, so if i make actions which make my life better, than i am litterally in heaven presently. But whats this about ethernity in heaven or hell etc? My interpretation is that the universe is infinate and that it has cycles, a begining, present and end, and in one cycle, litterally everything thay is within the bounds of possibuility happens, and then when it ends and then starts again, it has no choice but to do the exact same things all over again, since evwrything that it will do is infact everything that is possible anyway. So you get whare im going with this i assume, but ill say it anyway. Basically, this infinate repetition is the infinity in heaven or in hell or purgatory. But in my interpretation, the amount of time you spend in each and how big each is depends on how you live your one life which will then repeat. So if you had 50 years of a good like and 5 of a hellish one, you will experience both over and over again, so they are both infinate but one infinity is bigger than the other. In this sence tho, its only very rare that someone can indeed experience only heaven, or only hell, or only purgatory, or whatever else theee might be that we arent aware of. Bare in mind that im not claiming that this us what actually happens, but what i think is the most plausable. Now whether god or God or gods exist or not, or both does and doesnt, i dont have evidence so i cant speak to that more than in a phisosophical sence as to what the implications might be for each scenatio as far as i understand things. Btw, i like your calm approach, even a fun approach, educational, pretty loving, and just openminded , and this is to me what religion should be like, so its a shame that so much of it has been coopted by powerhungry and misinformed groups and individuals which give religion in general a bad name. So keep up the awsome work gang ! If a loving God exists, than surely God is on your side

Perhaps his affliction was much more personal? Remember he talks about better to marry or burn? Addictions existed then as well.

Good discussion. We serve where God calls us to go, plants us and provide us with what we need for their care needed through word, sacrament and relationships. Always helpful with what y'all share. Thank you!

Respectfully are you guys aware that Easter is a Babylonian pagan holiday celebrating Ishtar aka Semiramis the Goddess of fertility who claims she is divine and came from an egg from the heavens dropped into the Euphrates River and they celebrate her by having orgies in attempts to conceive in April to give birth in December to sacrifice those baby’s to Nimrod the Sun God?

Kill the intro music it lingers way past when you guys start to talk.

"They will take from you exactly what you are trying to get out of them." - Memorable quote.

Apocalyptic literature (Book of Revelation)?

Great stuff again brothers! Preaching this tomorrow! God bless

The Bible is not a Cocktail and Spirits Recipes book either, a bar !interesting background representation,lot of people have a cross or trinity y’all have a bar what in the hell , might as well roll up some spliffs 😃what kind of spirits are you all chasing here or being lead by?while reading the word of God ………why not get some neon beer logos too and hang up in the background hey how bout maybe some that say sola scriptura ! There is a time and place for everything

Its not a history or science book either.

Why is there a woman on your channel talking about preaching and hermeneutics?

Wait I'm new her, but I'm confused by what seem to be alcohol display and drinking, I'm completely lost as to what is happening. Well I take nothing away from the talk it's very educational, or are we encouraged to take the message and not learn From the act?

Interesting contrast from last week, the disciples lacked faith and had cowardice where as in the Gospel this Sunday there's faith in two who have no connection with those disciples closest to Jesus.

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At 7:31 in the video. I believe it's Malachi 4:2 and not Micah.

My guess is, the woman touches only the hem of Jesus' garment because she knows that to touch Jesus would make him ritually unclean and in her mind that could incur the wrath of not only Jesus but also the great crowds that need his ministry. Of course, she shows tremendous faith in believing that touching the hem of Jesus' garment will be enough to effectuate her healing. She evidently thought this through very clearly.

This is good!

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i am pursuing righteousness for the right and the left not as two ends of the spectrum but as completely covered or fully engaged. It is a bit humbling to say that that is the Word and Sacraments and not my own righteousness or ideas yet wonderful as well. Thanks for the thoughts. We need a sign: "God at work for you -- 2kr."

Sermon idea that I had is "Jesus took naps and so should you!" This story show us that there are two reactions to "storms." Our reaction which is that of the disciples with anger, fear, and resentment, and then God's reaction which is sleep. Jesus is so at peace in the midst of the storm that He is able to sleep. The reality is everyone is going to die and yet in Christ for the believer it will be as sleep as their body awaits the coming resurrection. In the midst of the storm we too find peace in the beautiful and mighty power of God. We too are able to sleep off the storm for the Lord and giver of life is in our midst.

Dmml! I can tell you ppl that neither one of these guys know what it is to fulfill righteousness. You leave them thinking the Lord gave you his righteousness and therefore you are set. How can that be true when you know you are still in your sins. Anyone who fulfills righteousness the 2nd death has no power over them. The Bible has a blueprint to follow to fulfill righteousness. You must fulfill it for yourself. Why? BC you are only responsible for your own salvation. If any man do these he will fulfill righteousness. Many will fail to do it and just give lip service. Jn.1:12. - Matt.11:19-30. - II Pet.1:3,5,10. - Rom.12:1-7. - II Cor.4:6.Zech.4:6. This is the light yoke!

You can pray to receive the Holy Spirit. If/when you receive him, you will speak in tongues. At that point you have the Author and Finisher of your faith dwelling inside you. The scriptures will open up to you like you would not have ever thought possible. This is the identical experience that the Apostles had on the day of pentecost. The same yesterday, today and forever.

Really helpful discussion guys. Really appreciate your thoughts and watch this most weeks now. I found Mike and Ben's comments about Luther and the visitor to the hardware store really powerful and humbling. It's God's Word that's at work! Just one thing. Perhaps record yourselves 30 seconds earlier each week? Cos when it starts each time you're always laughing like Paul's told the best joke!! We wanna hear it! 😉

What's interesting is how horticulturally accurate the scripture may be with reference to mustard. It is a "garden plant" or herb, which is SOWN, it is sown ON the ground and water (rain) is used to make it settle in the earth, which may be the black mustard annual plants which can grow up to 9 feet tall and (small) birds may build their nests in the SHADE of a web of multiple mustard plants. It's possible Jesus was looking at just such a garden, bringing the parable to life.

It does give glory...to God.

I'm preaching this for Fathers Day this Sunday....Great video...God bless!

Appreciate this video. Thanks for keeping it real and sharing your knowledge. “When the silent speak; you listen.” Great wisdom

When I lived in Saudia Arabia in the 70's the shepherds had big black tents made from wool from the goats. I have always imagined Abraham in a similar tent. Here is what Exodus 26:1 - “Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarn

This is a very encouraging video brothers! Every preacher, pastor, christian, ECT should watch this! God bless!

This is gracious and thought provoking filled with inklings of wonder thank you.

thanks fellas and Blessing to you all!

Guys, I always love your faithfulness to the Word and insights. I have a different perspective about your comments on persecution. I believe we are very much persecuted in this country and in the last several decades this persecution has been getting more and more aggressive. It is certain that we haven't had much persecution by physical threats per se, but socially, morally, ethically, as the culture continues to aggressively attack our values, our identity based on Science and faith as males or females and painting Christians who are by Scripture conservative in nature as the enemy, and threatening and bullying us into silence for fear of verbal retribution, persecution is rampent in the US and is growing. I feel we need to now more than ever prepare our young to enter an ever hostile secular world that will at minimum shame them into silence but at the heart of their creed, would gladly turn them against their own faith in the name of intellectualism, inclusivism, and tolerance, which are misnamed catch words to give legitimacy to their real agenda to silence and eliminate the church. Christianity is being persecuted and many Christians are shamed into silence, at least that is what I have observed.

Thanks guys. I would add that being Lord of the Sabbath is connected to the eternal Sabbath the place He has gone to prepare for us.

Since I preached John 3 last week with Nicodemus about becoming Born Again, I decided to preach John 4 this week, as you guys said, these stories really run parallels with each other...The Living Water, the Holy Spirit, poured down upon Christs Church, we must be Born Again and never thirst again! God bless your preaching brothers!

Belief in Jesus comes first in everything we Christians do. For example, We do not do good works to be saved, we do good works because we are saved.

I am preaching this Pentecost talking about the positive that can from change. As the church and the world changes we need not worry about where God is. We are assured God has sent the Holy Spirit to care for us. The disciples likely were scared of Jesus leaving them yet no one was left alone and good happened. Peace.

So I'm confused. If works are not required, and yet Jesus asks us to "remain in my love" then isn't the remaining a work? The word "remain" is a verb, which is doing something. So isn't that a work? I'm so often confused by what the church means by "working." I see so many things that Jesus has asked us to do as works. I need a concise, real explanation of this conflict. Thanks.