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Matthew 1; Part 3
The Holy Conduit of Power Matthew 1:18 “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.” We’ve gone through the genealogies and all the covenants for the last 2 weeks in order to lay the groundwork for Jesus’ birth, and we are finally approaching that glorious event! However, there’s a lot to unpack in this single verse as well. I know it seems that I
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Sep 297 min read
What is T.B. Thornton Cooking Up Now?
This section is where you can find out what's in the imaginative oven of T.B. Thornton's mind. He is always working on new projects, though one can only guess what form they might take! C.S. Lewis described Aslan (the "Jesus" character in The Chronicles of Narnia), saying of him, "He is not a tame Lion!" He was describing Aslan's unpredictability. Some would say, "T.B. Thornton has a lot of Aslan in him!" One look at the BOOKS page of this website will tell you how eclectic a
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Aug 272 min read
From the Archive
Matthew 1; Part 2
Bloodlines Continued Last week we spoke of King David’s huge mistake in sleeping with Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba. Again, that whole sorry episode is told in 2 Samuel 11-12. However, today I need to back up to 2 Samuel 7. This is the passage which records the covenant God made with David because of his great faith. Flawed and capable of terrible evil as he was, David’s faith was the most important thing to God. This “Davidic Covenant,” as it is called for obvious reasons, co
Sep 20
Seeing the Unseen
The Lost Art of Seeing Our Neighbors I live in a culturally diverse neighborhood. In fact, the people on either side of me are Spanish, while behind me is an African American neighborhood. Caucasians like me are interspersed throughout. You see, the tiny town in which I live (only called a “town” because it has its own tiny post office), is very old. While we are considered a satellite community, one of several, which surround a larger town, my little community was settl
Sep 20
Matthew 1; Part 1
Bloodlines Initial Groundwork to Set the Stage For those who may not be familiar with the layout of the Bible, it will serve you well, as we go through it, to understand a few rules of thumb as to the focus of all those 66 books that make up the whole of the Scriptures. 1) The 39 books of the Old Testament, each in their own unique way, point toward the Messiah who would eventually come and right the wrongs that came as a result of the “Fall” in the Garden of Eden
Sep 13
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