Christopher Gillespie

Bless Those Who Curse—Matthew 5:33-45 https://youtube.com/live/__DbxxInG14

Jesus Comes to Zacchaeus’s House—Luke 19:1-10 https://youtube.com/live/P9022QSAkP8

Abram Gives Lot the Choice of the Land—Gen. 13:1-12 (13-18) https://youtube.com/live/JJ-24UCsqx0

What one generation accepts, the next will expect, and the following will embrace and defend.

Everyone seems to agree that the rhetoric of public leaders can be dangerous. No one agrees on what constitutes dangerous rhetoric, though.

Christian Education: Jesus Blesses the Children—Luke 18:15-17; Deut. 6:4-15 https://youtube.com/live/RI8-PP0raPQ

A careful study of the book of Acts will reveal that the Spirit prevented centralized authority among the Apostles and their successors. At best, regional authorities are established and as need arises, councils are convened. Sound familiar?

Thesis VIII — The preaching office is the highest office in the Church, from which flow all other offices in the Church. https://youtu.be/TddQMEG6NfE

The call was not complicated. It was simple: “Follow me.” No explanation, no conditions, no delay. And Matthew rose and followed. That is how Christ works. He does not wait for the righteous to come to Him. He comes to the unrighteous. He does not gather the clean, but the dirty. He does not call the healthy, but the sick. He calls sinners. And when He calls, His Word creates what it commands. https://youtu.be/GwNU2Pq0oy4

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” James Madison, Federalist No. 51, 1788.

Big kudos to Reznor and Ross for the deep Carlos queues and nods to Daft Punk on the TRON: Ares soundtrack. Even a bit of Vangelis for fun.

GM. The world is going crazy as usual this fine Saturday, so: —Go for a walk —Talk with a struggling friend —Drink some good coffee —Pray your needs to God —Work with purpose in your vocation —Do not lose heart —Cultivate something beautiful —Laugh —Remember: God is good

“Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They who can treat secretly of the affairs of a nation have it absolutely under their authority; and as they plot against the enemy in time of war, so do they against the citizens in time of peace.” ― Baruch Spinoza

Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Proverbs 4:10-23; Galatians 5:16-24 https://youtube.com/live/quGYC2hh4CE

Do You Understand the Words That Are Coming Out of My Mouth? In this episode, we read Gerhard Forde’s monograph on Luther’s treatise on The Bondage of the Will. We discuss scriptural exegesis, its internal and external clarity, how modern readers interpret texts, and why we often misread the Bible, as well as why we frequently fail to understand biblical texts that are overt and explicit in their clarity. This, and a conversation about Erasmus’s word study method, Luther’s assertions, living words, and the vibrating, dangerous energy of Scripture. https://youtu.be/YsaMFVzIuN0

You can’t be a global citizen unless you’re under a global sovereign.

Jesus Is Tempted by the Devil—Matthew 4:1-11 https://youtube.com/live/YH9W58vNEIY

This is Jesus: the Spirit-anointed Servant, chosen and beloved of the Father, who does not conquer by shouting, does not redeem by politicking, does not establish His kingdom by power plays. He redeems by mercy. He conquers by weakness. He saves by suffering. https://sjrl.org/media/the-servant-who-conquers-not-by-quarreling-but-by-redeeming-wednesday-of-trinity-13-2025

Joseph Flees from Adultery—Genesis 39:1-21 (22-23) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmGNossz3mw

This is a fantastic listen for those directly or indirectly involved in education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQyaeO45U8U