Author: Andrew Sargent

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Without a Vision… People Misinterpret Proverbs 29:18; Radio Spot. Take a Listen

April 17, 2017 Andrew Sargent

In this edited sermon, I address the common misinterpretation of the line in Isaiah 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish. First people fail to quote the whole…

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Why the United Airlines Fiasco Leaves Me Little Hope for the Future of Our Nation

April 14, 2017 Andrew Sargent

If you’ve seen the video that was released this week where the man is being dragged off a United Airline’s flight because he refused to exit the plane when asked…

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What Does “Son of God” Really Mean in the Gospel of Mark

April 14, 2017 Andrew Sargent

I am pleased to welcome Othello Mugugu back as a guest blogger today. He originally hails from Zimbabwe, has a Bachelors from Northpoint Bible College, Serves in the American Army,…

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The Great Miracle Worker… the Radio Spot. Take a Listen.

April 12, 2017 Andrew Sargent

This is the heavily edited 6th narrative sermon in the Gospel of Mark. Here Mark uses a repeating story structure to portray Jesus as a deified man who overcomes the…

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True and False Religion… the Radio Spot. Take a Listen

April 10, 2017 Andrew Sargent

This is the 8th narrative sermon in the Gospel of Mark in which Jesus’ confrontation of the Pharisaic regulations called “The Traditions of the Elders,” which are a body of…

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Controversial Christ… the Radio Spot. Take a Listen.

April 7, 2017 Andrew Sargent

This is the 3rd narrative sermon in the gospel of Mark. In it, Mark uses a repeated story pattern to develop the increasing tensions between Jesus and the religious leaders…

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Successful Charity vs. Dysfunctional Enablement

April 6, 2017 Andrew Sargent

When do you know that your charity efforts have been successful? You have not succeeded when a stream of the same hungry people eat from your hand day after day…

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The Parable Preaching Pattern… the Radio Spot. Take a Listen.

April 5, 2017 Andrew Sargent

This is a highly edited sermon on the 5th narrative sermon of the Gospel of Mark. In it I address Mark’s depiction of Jesus’ parable telling. It is the first…

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The Coming of God in the Coming of Christ… Radio spot. Take a listen.

April 3, 2017 Andrew Sargent

This is the first of a series of sermons drawn from a course I teach on inductive study that I call, MEETING THE JESUS OF MARK. I introduce the idea…

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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 5: The Life of Biblical Texts

March 31, 2017 Andrew Sargent

In this series I am unpacking seven paths of investigation that a person should take in his or her attempt to understand a New Testament author’s USE of an Old…

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Let’s Think About This Practically: A Response to “I Lost My Purity (And I Haven’t Had Sex)” Part 2

March 27, 2017 Andrew Sargent

The article, “I Lost My Purity (And I Haven’t Had Sex)” is well written, provocative, cleverly titled, and advances the true notion that sexual purity is bigger than virginity, fornication,…

Ethics Society

Let’s Think About This Practically: A Response to “I Lost My Purity (And I Haven’t Had Sex)” Part 1

March 24, 2017 Andrew Sargent

It is common to find certain posts on social media that have gone viral. They are usually something provocative that challenges (at least in my circles) the standard Evangelical Christian…

Society

Deadly Compassion: When Suffering Trumps Discipleship

March 22, 2017 Andrew Sargent

I’ve been reading of late, a lot of viral posts on social media in which a person accuses pastors and churches, teachers and schools, politicians, police, government agencies and the…

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Justice Seeker vs. Sinner Winner

March 22, 2017 Andrew Sargent

Two realities confront us a Christians. The first is that, as loving members of our own communities, it is unthinkable that we do not do all that is in our…

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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 4: The Shape of Biblical References

March 20, 2017 Andrew Sargent

We’ve been considering the claim that Matthew’s appeal to YHWH’s historical deliverance of Israel from Egypt in Hosea 11:1 is proof positive that the NT writers cared little to nothing…

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An Unwelcomed Gift

March 17, 2017 Andrew Sargent

Consequences, pain, suffering and loss are unwelcomed gifts from a loving creator to wayward creatures. Only discomfiture of one kind or another drives change. Only a sense of dissatisfaction with…

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Spirituality is Not a Personality Trait

March 17, 2017 Andrew Sargent

I’ve had some interesting discussions this week about various churches’ perception of “Spirituality, Love & Humility,” My ministry is non-denominational and I travel around a bit so I encounter all…

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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 3: What is This Guy Doing?

March 15, 2017 Andrew Sargent

In this series we are laying the ground work for analyzing the common suggestion that Matthew 2:15 proves that the New Testament writers don’t care about the original context of…

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Do the New Testament Writer’s Care About Context, Part 2: Pinpoint Quotation and the Importance of Original Context

March 13, 2017 Andrew Sargent

In part 1 of this series I introduced the common accusation that Matthew 2:15 proves that the New Testament writers don’t care about context. Matthew takes a text that was…

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Stop the Madness: Equality of Outcome as the New and ONLY Morality

March 10, 2017 Andrew Sargent

What you are about to read is real. These are not actors, but are the actual opinions of the people who are expressing them. No, seriously, I couldn’t make these…