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Vignettes: Things that Aren’t Always What they Seem

Scripture stories that don’t mean what we think they do.

What Donald Trump Should Have Said After Charlottesville.

What Donald Trump Should Have Said After Charlottesville: In 1977, the ACLU defended the right of the Ku Klux Klan to march through Skokie, Illinois, through a neighborhood where many survivors of the Holocaust lived, and even defended the KKK’s right to wear Swastikas! The motive of the KKK was not love, but hate. Yet the ACLU argued that censoring certain speech or forms of expression gave the government too much power that could be used against any particular group of people at any time, if that group fell out of favor. In other words, if the KKK could be censored and not permitted to march, so too could gay pride marches be banned. The ACLU holds that the First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech, also protects the rights of those who express things we hate and find repulsive. The Supreme Court of the United States and the Supreme Court of Illinois found that merely expressing reprehensible views is not a legitimate reason to suppress that speech, no matter how offensive it is. The First Amendment is necessary to a democracy and to a free people, lest the government begin to decide who does and who does not have … Read more

The Church Unleashed….

Ministry is done by all the people of God, not a specialized clergy. Each person is responsible to hear from God what He has called them to do.

Law, Lawlessness and Legalism

“Judge not, lest you be judged” has been misinterpreted to mean that no matter what anyone does, we should not judge the behavior. He pointed out that we are not to condemn someone for their sins, lest we get condemned for ours, but that does NOT mean we are not to discern what is right and wrong, or identify certain behaviors as sin.Grace does not mean there is no law and we are free to behave any way we wish. Grace is to lead us to holiness, which is the walking in the presence of God and reflecting his character.

Invention #2 in Cm

Invention #2 in Cm  PDF File Invention #2 in Cm ©1985 Jefferis Kent Peterson, Baroque Style Invention

Come to the Table – A Communion Hymn

Updated for MP3 play. Variation on a traditional Irish melody:  Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms Click for the Score COME TO THE TABLE Chorus : COME TO THE TABLE HE’S WAITING FOR YOU THE BREAD IS PREPARED AND THE WINE IS THERE TOO COME TO THE TABLE IT’S WAITING FOR YOU LET YOUR SINS BE FORGIVEN, YOUR LIFE BE RENEWED Verses: FOR THE SAVIOR SPREADS OUT HIS ARMS OPEN WIDE AND IN LOVE HE BIDS YOU TO COME TASTE OF FORGIVENESS, HE’S best place to online POURED OUT HIS BLOOD: HIS LIFE IN THE FRUIT OF THE VINE Chorus SEE HIS BODY: IT’S COVERED WITH SCARS IT’S THE PRICE HE’S PAID FOR YOUR SINS! TASTE OF HIS HEALING HE’S GIVEN US BREAD: HIS BODY IS WOUNDED FOR OURS Chorus SEE HIS BODY: IT’S BATTERED AND MARRED IT’S THE PRICE HE WAS WILLING TO PAY SEE HOW HE LOVES YOU – HE STETCHED OUT HIS ARMS SAYING “COME UNTO ME TODAY “ ©1996 Jefferis Kent Peterson, UBP

Our God is Able – a hymn

Our God Is Able – Score Click on Score above for PDF file. Hear it by clicking the arrow below. Our God is Able Ps. 37:16; Eph. 3:20 ©1997 Jefferis Kent Peterson, I _____________________________ O Our God is able where to Exceedingly able To do all we ask Him to do His hand is mighty and He is fighting For His dreams to come true Our God is able Exceedingly able To do what He’s promised for you If you will trust Him, take delight in Him, He’ll give His blessing to you. (chorus) O Our God is able Exceedingly able To do all you ask Him to do If you will serve Him and not desert Him, He’ll fight the fight for you! O Our God is able Exceedingly able To do more ‘n we ask Him to do Don’t be uncertain where things concern Him, He’ll be faithful to you O Our God is able Exceedingly able To do what we ask Him to do Give your life to Him, be renewed in Him, He has the best for you.

Invention #1 in Fm

Baroque style Invention in Fm by Jefferis Kent Peterson

Enlightenment Rationalism and the Problem of Fundamentalism

Fundamentalism has unconsciously imposed an Enlightenment Rationalist Worldview upon the Gospel writers, who never intended the Gospels to be interpreted simply as a strict chronological recounting of historical events. They were writing theological pamphlets intended to prove that Jesus was the fulfillment of the prophetic types present in Genesis to Joshua. By arguing as Enlightenment Rationalists, Fundamentalists have undermined their own efforts because they have not understood the original writers’ intent.

The Humanity of Jesus

Why did Jesus have to be baptized by John? He said, “it is necessary to fulfill all righteousness…” What did Jesus mean by that?
Why are there no records of miracles by Jesus as a child?
What did it mean for Jesus to be fully human?
What does it mean when it says that Jesus “emptied himself… being born in human likeness”?