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Read more about the article The Unforgivable Sin (Mark 3:19b-35)

The Unforgivable Sin (Mark 3:19b-35)

  • Post author:Aaron Ventura
  • Post published:June 5, 2023
  • Post category:Mark/Bible

We come now to what St. Augustine considered to be the most challenging interpretive question in all of Scripture—What is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

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Read more about the article The Twelve (Mark 3:7-19)

The Twelve (Mark 3:7-19)

  • Post author:Aaron Ventura
  • Post published:May 29, 2023
  • Post category:Mark/Bible

Just as God gathered the twelve tribes around Sinai and later around the tabernacle, so Jesus gathers twelve men around Himself

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Read more about the article 2,000 Years of Church History (In Less Than An Hour)

2,000 Years of Church History (In Less Than An Hour)

  • Post author:Aaron Ventura
  • Post published:May 26, 2023
  • Post category:Church History

Where does Christ Covenant Church fit into the broader story of church history?

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Read more about the article Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:18-3:6)

Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:18-3:6)

  • Post author:Aaron Ventura
  • Post published:May 22, 2023
  • Post category:Mark/Bible

The great irony and hypocrisy of the Pharisees is that they go to church to dig up dirt on God. They charge God with breaking the sabbath.

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Read more about the article Baptismal Homily (Azalea & Cash Gustafson)

Baptismal Homily (Azalea & Cash Gustafson)

  • Post author:Aaron Ventura
  • Post published:May 15, 2023
  • Post category:1 Corinthians/Bible

Under the New Covenant holiness now spreads from parents to children.

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Read more about the article The Physician (Mark 2:1-17)

The Physician (Mark 2:1-17)

  • Post author:Aaron Ventura
  • Post published:May 15, 2023
  • Post category:Mark/Bible

The forgiveness of sins is a greater miracle than healing the paralytic.

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Read more about the article All Men Seek For Thee (Mark 1:35-45)

All Men Seek For Thee (Mark 1:35-45)

  • Post author:Aaron Ventura
  • Post published:May 8, 2023
  • Post category:Mark/Bible

Mark is playing with this idea of what it means to seek someone. You could seek them like Saul seeks for David (to kill him), or you could seek them like Jesus seeks for God (because He loves Him)

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Read more about the article The Foolishness of God (Good Friday 2023)

The Foolishness of God (Good Friday 2023)

  • Post author:Aaron Ventura
  • Post published:May 3, 2023
  • Post category:1 Corinthians/Bible

Let us consider five effects of Christ's Passion from 1 Corinthians 1:30.

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Read more about the article Baptismal Homily (Anne Sparrow Hall & Hazel Graice Rhode)

Baptismal Homily (Anne Sparrow Hall & Hazel Graice Rhode)

  • Post author:Aaron Ventura
  • Post published:May 1, 2023
  • Post category:Ezekiel/Bible

In the Christian church, baptism is a sign and seal of God’s New Covenant promises.

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Read more about the article The Exorcist (Mark 1:21-34)

The Exorcist (Mark 1:21-34)

  • Post author:Aaron Ventura
  • Post published:May 1, 2023
  • Post category:Mark/Bible

America may be demon possessed, but Jesus is an able exorcist. Our nation may be lying sick with burning fever, but Jesus can raise her to life, and make her serve Him again.

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