Monthly Archives: November 2013
bible blog 1207
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: Berlusconi goes at last, farewell to the Great Pretender Matthew 20: 17-28 Third Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection 17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them […]
bible blog 1206
My New Blog, “I Might be wrong” is at: <I might be wrong emmmock2.com> This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: PORTUGUESE PROTEST AGAINST AUSTERITY Matthew 20:1-16 New English Translation (NET) Workers in the Vineyard 20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner […]
bible blog 1205
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: Scottish Government sets out plan for Independence Matthew 19:23-30 New English Translation (NET) 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of […]
bible blog 1204
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: Unfettered capitalism is tyranny-Pope Francis Matthew 19:13-22 New English Translation (NET) Jesus and Little Children 13 Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those […]
bible blog 1203
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: New President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez Questions About Divorce 19 Now when Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River. 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed […]
bible blog 1202
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: Nuclear Deal with Iran signals a new era: The Parable of the Ten Minas 11 While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they […]
bible blog 1201
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: PHOTOS BANNED IN S.A. OF ZUMA’S £12m HOUSE! Matthew 18:10-20 New English Translation (NET) The Parable of the Lost Sheep 10 “See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their […]
bible blog 1200
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: Venezuelan president takes power to govern by decree Matthew 18:1-9 New English Translation (NET) Questions About the Greatest 18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He […]
bible blog 1199
You may like my other blog: “I might be wrong emmock2.com” This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: Srdja Popovic, defender of human rights in Syria, dies Matthew 17:22-27 New English Translation (NET) Second Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection 22 When they gathered […]
bible 1198
This blog provides a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: Spanish Supreme Justice accuses Chinese ex-president of genocide in Tibet Matthew 17:14-20 New English Translation (NET) The Disciples’ Failure to Heal 14 When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, 15 and said, […]