Commentary, Matthew 16:13-20 | Bruce Puckett | A Plain Account, 2017
...the church must listen carefully to Jesus’ caution to the disciples not to tell anyone that he is the Christ. Jesus’ command was surely rooted in the fact that the disciples assumed Jesus was a different kind of Lord. And until they knew him as the Cruciform Christ, they could not proclaim the truth of his Lordship.
Commentary, Isaiah 51:1-6 | Janette Platter | A Plain Account, 2017
So often we seek to maintain membership in earthly kingdoms, seeking to transform them into our likeness, when God is calling us to remember our primary identity as daughters and sons of God.
Commentary, Exodus 1:8-2:10 | Ryan Hansen | A Plain Account, 2017
This is the ultimate reality toward which our baptism, and the water imagery in Scripture, points: the healing of the fractured relationship between God and humans, and the relationships between humans. This text might be an occasion to ask about what our baptism says about who we are and who we are becoming.
Commentary, Romans 12:1-8 | Roland Tedder | A Plain Account, 2017
The invitation into this sanctified life is one in which we need each other. We can’t go at it alone. Together as the corporate body of Christ, we engage in the ongoing process of renewing our minds on a regular basis.
Commentary, Psalm 138 | Tara Thomas Smith | A Plain Account 2017
Paradox.
Is there anything truer to the human condition than paradox? Is there any portion of life about which we cannot say, “This… but also this…”? The people we love most are also those we most readily despise. Within our sincerest loyalties lie the seeds of our deepest betrayals.
Grace and Peace,
Your A Plain Account Team
