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Month: May 2020

Minor ProphetsLeave a comment

Minor Prophets: Amos and Social Justice

May 29, 2020May 18, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

This was not just about God’s eternal wrath over evil, this was about God’s temporal judgment over wrongs done to the earth and to each other. Continue reading Minor Prophets: Amos and Social Justice

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Gospel of John: John the Baptist

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

People came by the thousands, out into the desert, to hear the prophet John preach and to get baptized by him, because of the great spiritual hunger during that time. Continue reading Gospel of John: John the Baptist

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Gospel of John: The Incarnate Word

May 27, 2020May 26, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

the Lord designed human beings with the capacity for God and a hunger for God. God created people in God’s own image, the image of Jesus, and made us to correspond to the Lord. Being made in God’s image means that people are made as personal, moral, and spiritual beings. Continue reading Gospel of John: The Incarnate Word

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Gospel of John: The Witnessed Word

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

Some would be repelled by the light, and others would be drawn to it.

Yet, tragically, most people did not even recognize the light in spite of the Baptist’s testimony. Continue reading Gospel of John: The Witnessed Word

Gospel of John, Theology2 Comments

Gospel of John: The Eternal Word

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

John was saying this man, this construction worker from Nazareth, was Almighty God himself. Continue reading Gospel of John: The Eternal Word

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Triumphal Entry

May 24, 2020May 19, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

When Jesus was born, it was only about thirty years after the Romans had taken over Israel once again. So, there were plenty of people left who remembered what it had been like to have their own king, their own government, and freedom to live as their own people. Continue reading Triumphal Entry

Minor Prophets1 Comment

Minor Prophets: Amos Blisters Israel

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

Amos condemned all those who made themselves powerful or rich at the expense of others, by cheating, by perverting justice, and by taking advantage of those with no money and no power.

It’s a timely message, isn’t it. Continue reading Minor Prophets: Amos Blisters Israel

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Gospel of John: Two Responses

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

Life versus Death
Light versus Darkness
Love versus Hate
Belief versus Unbelief.
Continue reading Gospel of John: Two Responses

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Gospel of John: Jesus is God

May 20, 2020May 18, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

The scribes understood that Jesus was claiming the same essence as God. In fact the Pharisees told Him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” Continue reading Gospel of John: Jesus is God

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Gospel of John: 7 Signs

May 19, 2020December 9, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

To support his testimony, and his case that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and to support his claim that by believing in Jesus you will have life in His name, John recorded seven of Jesus’ miracles which acted as supernatural signs from Almighty God, as heaven’s testimony to earth of the truth of Jesus’ deity and work. Continue reading Gospel of John: 7 Signs

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