‚ÄúWhat you are going to do, do quickly.‚Äù These are pretty disturbing words from Jesus. Satan himself has just entered into Judas and Jesus doesn‚Äôt say, ‚ÄúCome out of him!‚Äù or any of the things He ever said to demons. There was a time and a place for casting out evil and liberating individuals, but […]
Jesus is the Ultimate Untopper/Topper
All of the disciples are sitting around arguing about who is the best and who Jesus loves the most, all the time getting ready to eat the passover with dirty feet. Jesus alone gets up to wash the feet, and surely nobody noticed what he was doing until He started, because no one questioned or […]
A Great Good Friday Passover Night
Last night we had our little Friday night get together and it was a really good time. We set up the sitting room with no furniture in it and covered the floor with korpatchas, sort of like sleeping bags that don‚Äôt open from Central Asia, to sit on. Five families all sat around in our […]
Hospitality to His Rejectors
(if this is a little scattered, I was retrieving Levi a couple times during this writing) There has to be something up with John 6.4 There are a lot of similarities between Jesus feeding the 5000 and the ‚ÄúLast Supper.‚Äù Jesus broke the bread and gave thanks and passed it out to people that would […]
Thoughts on John 1:35-39
John 1:35¬† The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. John 1:36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, ‚ÄúLook, the Lamb of God!‚Äù John 1:37¬† When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. John 1:38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, ‚ÄúWhat do you […]