http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-2-the-beginning-of-the-good-news-of-jesus-christ/ Advent and Lenten devotions by Goshen College students, faculty and staff Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-2-the-beginning-of-the-good-news-of-jesus-christ/#comment-1755 Mervyn Carapiet Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:14:18 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1242#comment-1755 Thank you, Steve, for your splendid idea of the unexpectedness of God and his prophets. John Baptist had no power base, no party machine, no TV prime time, no corporate sponsorship. He came to his mission straight from the desert where among lizards and scorpions he had to depend absolutely on God. A man of transparent integrity, John is as relevant today as he was was two thousand years ago. Steve, we need men like you to point out like John the duplicity, inconsistency and squalid living of certain people. Mervyn Carapiet Thank you, Steve, for your splendid idea of the unexpectedness of God and his prophets. John Baptist had no power base, no party machine, no TV prime time, no corporate sponsorship. He came to his mission straight from the desert where among lizards and scorpions he had to depend absolutely on God. A man of transparent integrity, John is as relevant today as he was was two thousand years ago. Steve, we need men like you to point out like John the duplicity, inconsistency and squalid living of certain people.
Mervyn Carapiet

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-2-the-beginning-of-the-good-news-of-jesus-christ/#comment-1754 Ellen m Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:52:15 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1242#comment-1754 Thank you Steve for this wonderful commentary! I greatly appreciate your emphasis on how God often works in unexpected ways but that we can recognize this if our eyes and hearts are open. I think it's extraordinary that God can work despite all of our preconceptions! Thank God for that! Thank you Steve for this wonderful commentary! I greatly appreciate your emphasis on how God often works in unexpected ways but that we can recognize this if our eyes and hearts are open. I think it’s extraordinary that God can work despite all of our preconceptions! Thank God for that!

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-2-the-beginning-of-the-good-news-of-jesus-christ/#comment-1753 Lisa Guedea Carreno Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:17:03 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1242#comment-1753 Thanks, Steve, for reminding us that God is in everything and everyone, even those things and people we may not want to see or acknowledge! Thanks, Steve, for reminding us that God is in everything and everyone, even those things and people we may not want to see or acknowledge!

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-2-the-beginning-of-the-good-news-of-jesus-christ/#comment-1752 marjorie Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:38:13 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1242#comment-1752 Thank you for a powerful lesson. You have the gift of expressing the meaning of advent with a clarity that speaks to the mind and soul. Thank you for a powerful lesson. You have the gift of expressing the meaning of advent with a clarity that speaks to the mind and soul.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-2-the-beginning-of-the-good-news-of-jesus-christ/#comment-1751 Laure Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:01:52 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1242#comment-1751 the quote from August H Strong was one of the most beautiful things I've ever read. Thank you. the quote from August H Strong was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever read. Thank you.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-2-the-beginning-of-the-good-news-of-jesus-christ/#comment-1750 Kristin McNamara Freeman Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:46:26 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1242#comment-1750 Every season of Advent and Lent I receive your wonder filled writings; thank you for this writing today. I will forever remember the quote from the Baptist minister..August Strong. And each day I will surely think, "have I seen anything other than the face of God"...thank you Goshen, you are very important to me. Every season of Advent and Lent I receive your wonder filled writings; thank you for this writing today. I will forever remember the quote from the Baptist minister..August Strong. And each day I will surely think, “have I seen anything other than the face of God”…thank you Goshen, you are very important to me.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-2-the-beginning-of-the-good-news-of-jesus-christ/#comment-1749 janice Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:30:22 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1242#comment-1749 Thanks for the clarity with which you lay out the John the Baptist story, and your naming of the "odd beginning" of this gospel. Your comments will influence my Advent 2 sermon. Thank you, Steve. Thanks for the clarity with which you lay out the John the Baptist story, and your naming of the “odd beginning” of this gospel. Your comments will influence my Advent 2 sermon. Thank you, Steve.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-2-the-beginning-of-the-good-news-of-jesus-christ/#comment-1748 Joan Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:02:52 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1242#comment-1748 Love the closing story! Love the closing story!

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-2-the-beginning-of-the-good-news-of-jesus-christ/#comment-1747 Warren Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:39:38 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1242#comment-1747 Thank you for your words and for the Strong quotation. Indeed, if we see our lives in the light of Christ, we see God everywhere and in everyone. Peace. Thank you for your words and for the Strong quotation. Indeed, if we see our lives in the light of Christ, we see God everywhere and in everyone. Peace.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-2-the-beginning-of-the-good-news-of-jesus-christ/#comment-1746 Vicky Kirkton Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:20:06 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1242#comment-1746 Thanks Steve for helping us focus on the Advent Season and providing a way to see God through unexpected people and events! Thanks Steve for helping us focus on the Advent Season and providing a way to see God through unexpected people and events!

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