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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Nov 19
- 4 min
“Soggy Cereal and Tepid Tea”
So when Paul thanks God, it is not just for what God is doing, but for the way the people there are responding! That’s a good reminder...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Nov 19
- 6 min
"Take Risks"
Jesus has entrusted his disciples with the good news. They must dare to act; they must share what they have been given; they must...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Nov 12
- 6 min
"Be Ready"
Gathering on the Mount of Olives is important. The prophet Zechariah looks forward to a day when the LORD will stand on the Mount of...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Nov 4
- 4 min
"Humble Teachers"
Instead, the first thing Jesus does is compliment the Pharisees and religious scholars as “competent teachers of God’s Law. You won’t go...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Oct 28
- 4 min
"Silence"
I think this is the perfect text for Reformation Sunday – not because it points to grace, or the majesty of God, or the authority of...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Oct 21
- 5 min
"Render"
But, as the group of members who looked at the passage discovered, there is more to this than a trick! And probably more than you might...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Oct 14
- 7 min
"The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth"
The king is like God; the people who reject the invitation are like the Jews; the servants killed are the prophets; the city burned is...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Oct 7
- 5 min
"A Holy Collision"
Paul doesn’t actually have to choose between being an Israelite and following Christ. He can be both … and many in Philippi are both. But...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Sep 30
- 4 min
"Emptied"
I think Paul is inviting the Philippians to join him in singing. (Us too!) Not just because the hymn tells of what God has done for us....
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Sep 23
- 5 min
"A Powerful Tool"
Letters are powerful tools –they can heal like a scalpel or destroy like a sledgehammer. Philippians 1:21-30 September 24, 2023 Dr. Todd...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Sep 16
- 5 min
"Sunflowers
Certain things are hard for us to forgive – power abused, trust betrayed, words used to cut or batter, cruel acts, cold-hearted neglect....
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Sep 9
- 4 min
"Where 2 or 3 are gathered"
You’ve probably heard the phrase from the end of this passage – “wherever 2 or 3 are gathered …” – usually to indicate that even small...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Sep 2
- 5 min
"Paul's Story?”
Paul is evoking, for his listeners, the press of the crowds and the smell of green grass; he is alluding to Jesus’ statements about...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Aug 19
- 5 min
"All People?”
The truth is: we don’t keep the laws of Deuteronomy much anymore. We don’t care whether a person cannot reproduce, and we do not check...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Aug 12
- 5 min
"A Savior in the Storm”
So when they see him walking across the water during another storm, Peter tries to confirm what he thinks he sees. Is this the same one...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Aug 5
- 6 min
"Advent: Unexpected Hope”
That’s the thing about scripture tales that we turn into pageants like this one – it can seem like a fairytale – like something Disney...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Jul 29
- 5 min
"Advent: Generations”
There was no indication that the baby Mary would bear would be anything other than fully healthy. That was not the issue. But the...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Jul 22
- 5 min
“Advent: the Visible and Invisible”
What God was doing transformed them from appropriately cautious to daringly bold! I think Luke is asking his audience, “Could you be...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
- Jul 15
- 6 min
“Advent: a hospitable birth in a hard economy”
It is easy to miss Luke’s emphasis when we light Advent candles; clothe our children in bathrobes and paper crowns so they can retell the...
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