v. 24-25 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Jesus could be talking […]
A Little More about Mary's Foot Washing
The other crazy thing about this act is that while giving to the poor honors God and people can look on and honor you too for honoring God and doing this good deed, what Mary did honored God but brought DISHONOR upon herself. Anybody can do the good deed of giving a few dollars to […]
Jesus Getting a Nard and Mary-Hair Foot Wash
John 12.3 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. This is one of those times where if Jesus WASN’T the Son of God, then Him letting Mary do this to Him would contradict everything He had taught. […]
Three Kinds of People in John 10
In John 10 Jesus details 3 sorts that work with the sheep, or the people. The Thief: The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. He uses up the sheep for his own desires and wants, and does not care about them or for them. The Hireling: Wesley uses the word hireling, and I like […]
Jesus/Authority/Life&Death
John 10:17¬†w For this reason the Father loves me, x because y I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18¬†z No one takes it from me, but y I lay it down a of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and b I have authority to […]
Prodigal God, by Timothy Keller
I just finished Prodigal God, by Timothy Keller, and it is very very good. I think it messed me up more than ever though concerning Jesus and grace! Here is the premise: In the so-called ‘parable of the prodigal son’ Jesus actually tells the story of two lost sons. One is lost because of his […]
Vegetable Broth at the Men's Retreat this Weekend
I think the best thing I heard this weekend had to do with Vegetable soup.As we grow up, we are handed a bowl of vegetable soup. That bowl is everything we‚Äôve learned from our family, our culture, our life experiences. It‚Äôs everything we believe and think and know about life. Most people just chow down […]
Jesus' Constant Process of Thinning the Herd
John 8.31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him…John 8.59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. John 8.31-59 is a single dialogue, with no sign of a change of location or audience. This whole section seems one way […]
Following the Unclear Blatant God
There is something about this discourse on bread that makes me not so much want to talk about bread and what the bread means or what it means to eat His flesh, but just about the more general idea of how Jesus taught. These parables almost put you to the point that you could know […]
Preach the Gospel in a Clearly Confusing Riddle
‚ÄúThen the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, ‚ÄúHow can this man give us his flesh to eat?‚Äù Jesus said to them, ‚ÄúI tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my […]