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		<title>Jesus is IT (Matthew 2:13-23)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew has just recounted the story of the magi coming from the east and worshipping Jesus as king.  What&#8217;s remarkable about that particular story is that Matthew is the only one of the four gospel to tell the story of the magi.
I begin there for the simple reason that this morning&#8217;s text is largely dependent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&blog=2082724&post=692&subd=devriesj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Visit of the Magi (Sermon on Matthew 2:1-13)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a joy to be back in Portland and able to worship here at Parklane again.  I graduated from Calvin Seminary in May, and Mishaela and I have been back in the area for about 3 months now.  Just so everyone&#8217;s up to date on what we&#8217;re doing here, we decided about a year and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&blog=2082724&post=690&subd=devriesj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Women, Gentiles, &amp; Jesus, Oh My! (Sermon on Matthew 1:1-17)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to make a regular habit of posting sermons I preach.  For whatever reason I&#8217;ve been getting lazy with this.  I&#8217;ve obviously been reading through &#8211; and studying &#8211; Matthew&#8217;s gospel and blogging about what I&#8217;ve been learning, but many of those posts seems to have a more academic bent to them and I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&blog=2082724&post=687&subd=devriesj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fulfilling All Righteousness (Matthew 3:15)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Jesus replied to him, “Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.”
This has got to be one of the most confusing and difficult comments in the Bible to explain.  I certainly don&#8217;t claim to have figured this out, but I&#8217;m trying.  And so before I go any further, let me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&blog=2082724&post=697&subd=devriesj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus Was a Liberal (And Other Irreverent Thoughts About Discipleship)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emphasis on the past tense verb&#8230;Jesus was a liberal.  But that doesn&#8217;t mean he&#8217;s now a conservative either.  This is a post that&#8217;s been building for a few weeks.  Several weeks ago I had an interview at a church for a youth pastor position.  One of the questions I was asked is &#8220;Are you liberal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&blog=2082724&post=683&subd=devriesj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>John is the New Elijah (Matthew 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was often told growing up that John the Baptist was the last OT prophet, which I always thought was kinda weird since he&#8217;s talked about in the NT.  Designating John as a prophet is a bit simplistic.  Matthew goes to great lengths to depict John as the Elijah from Malachi 4:5.  While John&#8217;s confrontation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&blog=2082724&post=679&subd=devriesj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God Hates You (Reposted from Burnside Writers Collective)</title>
		<link>http://devriesj.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/god-hates-you-reposted-from-burnside-writers-collective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Burnside Writers Collective is an online magazine co-founded by Donald Miller.  The purpose of the magazine is to spur conversation and engage culture from a semi-emergent, semi-evangelical perspective.  I recently added their link in my sidebar and you can RSS them if you want &#8211; which I&#8217;ve done.  Below is the text of an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&blog=2082724&post=676&subd=devriesj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Predict the Future (Or At Least Offer Some Encouragement About Where To Go)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I was talking with another church planter here in Portland and the topic came up in which we both see a fairly major shift in church philosophy looming on the horizon.  For the past 20 years the goal of most evangelical congregations has been to get as big as they possibly can. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&blog=2082724&post=671&subd=devriesj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Try This Out (more on Matthew 2:13-23)</title>
		<link>http://devriesj.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/lets-try-this-out-more-on-matthew-213-23/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After publishing my previous post and asking for input from people over Twitter &#38; Facebook, I think I may have gotten somewhere.  One friend suggested I listen to a sermon.  In itself, I didn&#8217;t find the sermon to be all that helpful, but what it did do for me is get me thinking about sermons. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&blog=2082724&post=667&subd=devriesj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Little More on Matthew 2:13-23</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I&#8217;m still going around in circles with this.  In a previous post, I suggested that Matthew enters into a &#8220;sub-plot&#8221; of sorts here by recounting salvation history, all in an attempt to show Jesus the second Adam who ultimately brings salvation to God&#8217;s people (i.e. the messiah).  The problem is that, while I may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&blog=2082724&post=665&subd=devriesj&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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