July 3, 2022 - Audio
You Are Here: Worship as Surrender and Service, Luke 7:36-50, Pastor Jeff McVay
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Explore " alabaster jar" with insightful episodes like "July 3, 2022 - Audio", "The Gospel of John: Jesus Anointed at Bethany", "Episode 061: Break Your Flask Before the Lord (Mar. 28, 2021)", "Serve in the Land of the Living" and "SOAPBOX: God's Worth - Audio" from podcasts like ""Cross Community Church of the Nazarene", "Sermons from Riverside Christian Church, Chelmer, QLD, Australia", "Sunday Dive", "Joni Eareckson Tada: Sharing Hope" and "Gathering Institute"" and more!
Episodes (11)
The Gospel of John: Jesus Anointed at Bethany
Ps Jim Cameron speaks this morning as we continue our series on the gospel of John, looking at Jesus' anointing and two different ways we can live our life.
Episode 061: Break Your Flask Before the Lord (Mar. 28, 2021)
On Palm Sunday the Church offers us two Gospels. Our first Gospel records the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, an entry that bestows clear royal connotations on the events of Holy Week. Turning to the beginning of our second Gospel we'll unveil two more themes: a nuptial theme evidenced in the anointing of Jesus by the woman of Bethany and a Passover theme born out of a tentative detail in our Gospel passage that lends a torrent of meaning to the Eucharistic meal.
Diving deep into our Gospel we'll spend our episode looking closer at:
- The village of Bethphage, its location, and the significance of its geographic setting [5:29]
- The debate over whether Jesus rode a horse or a donkey into Jerusalem and the allusions invoked by his chosen mode of transportation [8:00]
- What "Hosanna" actually translates as and the Psalm that it is decidedly linked to [19:00]
- The nuptial overtones of the anointing at Bethany and the powerful message that the broken alabaster jar sends [25:04]
- A tiny detail in Jesus' instructions for the preparation of the Passover that unlocks a floodgate of information regarding the Last Supper [36:14]
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bergsma, John. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Revealing the Jewish Roots of Christianity. New York: Image, 2019.
Donahue, John R., and Daniel J. Harrington. The Gospel of Mark. Edited by Daniel J. Harrington. Vol. 2. Sacra Pagina Series. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2002.
Marcus, Joel. Mark 1–8: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Vol. 27. Anchor Yale Bible. New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2008.
Pitre, Brant. Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told. New York: Image, 2017.
REFERENCES
Zechariah 9:9 - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on an ass, on a colt the foal of an ass.
Genesis 49:8-11 - "Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you. Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who dares rouse him up? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Binding his foal to the vine and his ass’s colt to the choice vine"
1 Kings 1:33 - "And the king said to them, 'Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule'"
2 Kings 9:13 - "Then in haste every man of them took his garment, and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet, and proclaimed, 'Jehu is king.'"
1 Maccabees 13:51 - "On the twenty-third day of the second month, in the one hundred and seventy-first year, the Jews entered it with praise and palm branches, and with harps and cymbals and stringed instruments, and with hymns and songs, because a great enemy had been crushed and removed from Israel."
Psalm 118:25-27 - "Save us, we beseech thee, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech thee, give us success! Blessed be he who enters in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD. The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar!"
Song of Solomon 1:12 - "While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance."
Serve in the Land of the Living
Most likely, you know someone who has a need. If it is within your power to help, do it! Don’t wait until it’s too late and you miss your chance. You will honor Jesus through your acts of kindness to others. Think about who you can bless today!--------
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SOAPBOX: God's Worth - Audio
This January we are launching Gathering Institute. These are 4-5 week intensive classes whose purpose is to equip you to live, to learn, and to lead! Gathering Institute classes will be offered 3 times in 2015 and will cover different topics.
Passing the Test Part 5: Passion - The Sinful Woman - Luke 7:36-50
Do you love God? What does love for God look like? Through a dramatic retelling of the sinful woman’s encounter with Jesus (Luke 7:36-50), Pastor Cynthia Bryan invites us to consider the depth of passion that we each have for Jesus.
Passion is the outward expression of heartfelt love for Jesus. Passion for God is observable. Passion is a natural result of knowing that we have been forgiven much.
Simon, the Pharisee, lived behind a mask of self-righteousness; he did not feel the weight of his sin. “Good Christians” may fall into this trap of self-righteousness, losing their passion for the One who saved them.
How is your passion for the Lord? Do you have great love like the woman? Or, like Simon, do you need to recognize your own need for forgiveness?
Jesus Turned the Table - The Gospel of Luke - Audio
TABLE FELLOWSHIPThroughout the New Testament, there is a great value assigned to time spent around a table. So much, in fact, that Jesus slandered by his enemies as being a drunk and a glutton! (Luke 7:34) Truth is, Jesus loved people, and loved to meet them where they were most themselves--he loved to be at their table. Just think of all the scenes from Zacchaeus to Mary and Martha's house at Bethany. Jesus constantly changed many lives through "table fellowship".Would dinner at Simon the Pharisee's house be any different?
People Jesus Met, part 13
Lon Solomon - Senior Pastor
The life and teaching of Jesus through the people He encountered
A Sinner's Faith - Audio
Jesus' openness to sinners has always made the self-righteous cringe. At the same time, it moves sinners to faith, opens the door to forgiveness, and engenders beautifully extravagant acts of love and devotion. Come see what God has for us in the heart-stirring gospel story.
True Intimacy
Somehow, our culture has identified the bed as the apex of intimacy. Sadly, the church is not immune to this claim. But scripture teaches us the truth, and this Sunday, Rev. Keenan Barber reminds us of the story of the woman with the alabaster jar who washes Jesus' feet with her hair and her tears. The setting for all this was a table - a dinner at Simon the Pharisee's house. We invite you to watch and hear the gospel at work, revealing the true nature of intimacy, and how we can take part in it.
Resources for a life of following Jesus, every day, everywhere, with everyone.
The Mary Mystery
Jesus promised the alabaster anointing would be remembered through all time, but who exactly was Mary of Bethany and why did she really perform this extraordinary act?