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Continue reading →: Jesus Vs. the Pharisees / Round FourThe Seven Woes / Part Two / RLM / June 2025 Note: This is a continuation from Round Four… In review, in this section of Matthew 23 we see Jesus pronouncing seven woes upon the scribes and Pharisees. These are brutal critiques. We should examine our own hearts by these…
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Continue reading →: Jesus vs. The Pharisees / Round ThreeThe Seven Woes, Part one of three / RLM / June 2025 What is “woe”? woe / ouai / expressing extreme displeasure and calling for retributive pain on someone or something (ANLEX). A state of intense hardship or distress — disaster, horror. (Louw-Nida). It’s safe to say that Jesus was…
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Continue reading →: Jesus Vs the Pharisees / Round TwoThe Positive Example of Leadership Matthew 23 / Rick McNally / June 2025 But you… Now for the fix, or the alternative. How do we avoid the fake faith and oppressive leadership tendencies of the scribes and Pharisees? Do you really want to know? Are we willing to examine our own hearts…
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Continue reading →: Jesus Vs. Pharisees / Round OneThe danger of usurping the role of God in the lives of people Matthew 23 / June 2025 / Rick McNally This chapter is largely a phrase-by-phrase commentary of Matthew 23, where Jesus describes the qualities of the scribes and Pharisees of his day. Spoiler alert: he is not complimentary. …
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Continue reading →: The Arrogant and the Anointed / Psalm 2Psalm 2 / Rick McNally / June 2025 Person 1: Psalm 1 and Psalm 2 are different. Person 2: Yeah, they’re different, there are different Psalms, buddy. Person 1: No. I know that, but they are different. They are the same, but they are different. The message is strikingly similar,…
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Continue reading →: Denying and Delighting / Psalm 1Psalm 1 / Rick L. McNally / June 3, 2025 Blessed. Highly favored. Fortunate. Happy. This would be a good place to start. How do we become happy again after difficult times? How do we feel “highly favored” after enduring difficult things? Even more common, after the simple…
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Continue reading →: Not Too Hard = Keeping the Law?(Or) Would you be a “righteous person” in the Old Testament time? Rick L. McNally / May 2025 Note: I’ve been ruminating on this passage and idea for over a year. This is my first time trying to express it in writing. Be gentle, for this is a confession of…
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Continue reading →: Christlike Leadership / Part FourOther Doctrines that are negatively affected by Authoritarian Leadership Structures RLM / May 2025 There are a number of other doctrines that are compromised when people believe that obedience to elders should be something that is without limit or without proper accountability. These are very significant when discussing this issue.…
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Continue reading →: Christlike Leadership / Part ThreePeter and Paul’s Views on Leadership RLM / May 2025 Peter’s Teaching on Elders / No Domineering Individuals, Rather Good Examples 1 Peter 5:1–4 (ESV) / 1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a…
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Continue reading →: Christlike Leadership / Part TwoJesus’ Teaching on Leaders and Elders / Lords or Servants? What did Jesus teach us about leadership and authority? Why do we stray from it so fast, so easily? Are we ignorant, or are we simply sinful in nature? I guess it’s a bit of both. Mark 10 Mark 10:42–45…
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