Daniel Haas

Tag: Matthew

  • I walked into the living room this morning

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    I walked into the living room this morning. This time of year the entire space looks like a winter wonderland. There is not a square inch that is not filled with Christmas decorations: a collection of ten nutcrackers, five Christmas stockings, two trees, hundreds of lights, five advent calendars, and all kinds of knickknacks, wreaths…

  • Who can receive Holy Communion?

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    The Lord be with you! Und mit deinem Geiste! Lift up your hearts! Wir erheben sie zum Herrn! This is how over 100 people started the Communion Prayer for our German Christmas Service last Sunday. A few times a year we have multilingual events whereas Holy Communion is usually celebrated once a month. It so…

  • Jesus just isn’t a good Christian

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    Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. (Matthew 16:24 – Watchword for the Week of Sunday 31 August 2014) Nobody in their right mind likes following Jesus. For the first disciples that meant giving up everything: family, home,…

  • Walking on Water

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    Karl Barth (Theology of the Word of God), Paul Tillich (the Philosopher among Theologians) and Rudolf Bultmann (not interested in the historicity of Jesus) vacation together at Lake Zurich. They rent a boat and head out. The sun and heat are brutal and they get thirsty. “I’ll go get a few beers”, says Karl Barth,…

  • Fathers of the Covenant

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    With father’s day coming up soon, here are some biblical thoughts on fathering: “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor…” Every family has its own stories. God’s people tell the story of being slaves in Egypt and saved from there, please refer to Deuteronomy 26:1-11. The stories we tell make us who we are. What are…