Theology - MandyGunter.com https://mandygunter.com Striving for biblical literacy and hope in a broken world. Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:11:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/mandygunter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-MG-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Theology - MandyGunter.com https://mandygunter.com 32 32 227822906 The Great Advent – The King Is Born https://mandygunter.com/the-great-advent-the-king-is-born/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-advent-the-king-is-born Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:06:21 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=709 The Pattern of Scripture Advent. If you look back to its Latin origin, you’ll find it means “to come” or “the arrival,” and is usually used in reference to something or someone important. Christians celebrate Advent, the arrival, of Jesus at Christmas. The extraordinary, humble birth of Jesus altered the...

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]]> 709 2 Samuel – The Fangs of Bitterness: Two Men Who Show Us How To Avoid The Poison https://mandygunter.com/2-samuel-the-fangs-of-bitterness-two-men-who-show-us-how-to-avoid-the-poison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-samuel-the-fangs-of-bitterness-two-men-who-show-us-how-to-avoid-the-poison https://mandygunter.com/2-samuel-the-fangs-of-bitterness-two-men-who-show-us-how-to-avoid-the-poison/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:18:42 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=683 2 Samuel is a continuation of 1 Samuel and mostly focuses on the reign of King David. If you’d like a refresher of some things covered in that book, you can find it here: 1 Samuel – The Prophetic Lullaby – MandyGunter.com There are two stories in 2 Samuel that...

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/2-samuel-the-fangs-of-bitterness-two-men-who-show-us-how-to-avoid-the-poison/feed/ 3 683 1 Samuel – The Prophetic Lullaby https://mandygunter.com/1-samuel-the-prophetic-lullaby/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1-samuel-the-prophetic-lullaby Sun, 30 Jun 2024 02:21:04 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=662 The books of Samuel are historical narratives like many others in the Old Testament. A fun fact is that they are split into two books simply because they are too long to fit onto an ancient scroll. They are intended to be read as one continuous story! 1 Samuel begins...

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]]> 662 The Suffering Tree – Trembling Branches and Secure Roots https://mandygunter.com/the-suffering-tree-trembling-branches-and-secure-roots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-suffering-tree-trembling-branches-and-secure-roots https://mandygunter.com/the-suffering-tree-trembling-branches-and-secure-roots/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2024 01:09:35 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=654 Lament is not the absence of praise. It is simply the path through pain to praise.

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/the-suffering-tree-trembling-branches-and-secure-roots/feed/ 2 654 Ruth – Barren Wombs and Barley Fields https://mandygunter.com/ruth-barren-wombs-and-barley-fields/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ruth-barren-wombs-and-barley-fields Fri, 24 May 2024 15:57:07 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=628 What an incredible story God gave us in the book of Ruth! I want to start off by saying that there are many great commentaries on this book, and recently added to that collection is David Platt’s preaching of Secret Church 24 in which he goes verse by verse through...

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]]> 628 Judges- Looking for Hope When the World Gets Darker https://mandygunter.com/judges-looking-for-hope-when-the-world-gets-darker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judges-looking-for-hope-when-the-world-gets-darker https://mandygunter.com/judges-looking-for-hope-when-the-world-gets-darker/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:32:59 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=586 Judges is a constant downward spiral of Israel in every way. The judges themselves display this theme in their own character, going from good, to okay, to catastrophic.

But if we think our sin is any less abhorrent to God than those listed in this book, we deceive ourselves. Our sin, no matter how little we perceive it to be, marks us to our core. It is an abomination to a holy God.

While my hands are not stained with most of the evils detailed in Judges, they are dripping with sin of my own. If I’m not careful, pride will find a sliver of light and begin to work its way past the doorframe of my heart. I will think that my “lesser” sins mean I’m in less need to be saved from it.

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/judges-looking-for-hope-when-the-world-gets-darker/feed/ 1 586 Joshua- Prostitutes and Promises https://mandygunter.com/joshua-prostitutes-and-promises/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=joshua-prostitutes-and-promises https://mandygunter.com/joshua-prostitutes-and-promises/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:37:43 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=575 Joshua is an exciting book. It follows the death of Moses and the rebellious generation of Israel that refused to trust God to lead them into the Promised Land. At Moses’s request, God raises up Joshua to shepherd the people into their new land. Most theologians believe Joshua is a...

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/joshua-prostitutes-and-promises/feed/ 2 575 Deuteronomy – Engraved On Your Hand https://mandygunter.com/deuteronomy-engraved-on-your-hand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deuteronomy-engraved-on-your-hand Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:12:57 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=549 Deuteronomy is the last of the five books in the Torah. They have chronicled the beginning of the world, the flood, Abraham, slavery in Egypt, the Ten Commandments, wandering in the desert for 40 years, and now finally, Moses is at the end of his life and He is charging...

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]]> 549 Numbers- Where Justice and Mercy Balance the Scale https://mandygunter.com/numbers-where-justice-and-mercy-balance-the-scale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=numbers-where-justice-and-mercy-balance-the-scale Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:36:39 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=539 Thus far, on our journey through the Old Testament, Numbers has been by far the hardest to prepare for. Leviticus is usually where my flesh wants to get choked up. The laws are so heavy and some are incredibly difficult to understand from my modern view of the world, and...

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]]> 539 Mary Magdalene- When The Claws of Fear Are Defeated with Faith https://mandygunter.com/mary-magdalene-when-the-claws-of-fear-are-defeated-with-faith/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mary-magdalene-when-the-claws-of-fear-are-defeated-with-faith https://mandygunter.com/mary-magdalene-when-the-claws-of-fear-are-defeated-with-faith/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2024 02:27:49 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=529 Mary. Mary Magdalene stands outside the empty tomb. The disciples have looked in the tomb, and finding it empty, returned to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where...

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