Matthew 18 Little Children The disciples were trying to ascertain if they had the qualities to be the greatest in the kingdom. So, Jesus told them that they had to love as a child, and at the end of this dialog, he reminded them how one must forgive repeatedly. These are the qualities of humility. […]
Mark 8 Today we face crowds but in a smaller situation than what faced Jesus this day. The gospel writer Mark simply says there was another (emphasis added!) large crowd with nothing to eat and to make matters more pressing, and again, as before, it has been three days. God uses repetition to teach a […]
Mark 7 The religious leaders challenged Jesus about hand washing and asked him: “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders but eat with eat with unwashed hands?” [Mk 7:5] Jesus shows us how we can answer those questions from so-called religious people about why we do or do not do certain things. Jesus carefully reminded them that nowhere did Moses command […]
John 6 Salvation’s requirement: After Jesus fed the 5000, he left them to spend time with His Father in prayer. Jesus spent time in prayer, leaving us with the question: what do we do when faced with decisions ahead of us or when we are weary? We remember that He had gone away to mourn […]
Mark 6: What do you find hard to believe? For me, it is hard to believe that God has given men the choice to believe that He is or He is not. How gracious is our God! Yet even with the evidence of healings, and other miracles the town of Nazareth found it hard to […]
Mark 4 Centuries ago, Isaiah wrote, and Jesus quoted this parable: “they may look but not see, they may hear but not understand,” and Paul explains the reason behind those words. Satan is the enemy of mankind and God and as such he uses the tool of spiritual blindness so that the truth of Isaiah’s […]
Matt 11: The populace wondered who John was. They wonder who “this” Jesus is. Over and over the question surfaces, who is this man? Who was John speaking from the wilderness? Yet, we know that John knew who Jesus as for the heavens opened and he saw the dove descending upon Jesus and heard God […]
Matt 6 “Do You Worry?” As Jesus taught, he touched on the many problems that people had in a very sensitive way. He touched the hearts and minds of people so that they knew someone cared for them, and that is a lesson for all of us. When was the last time you met the […]
Mark 3, Luke 6, Matt 12:1-21 As Jesus went through Israel, he met those who were seeking help in many areas: physical, emotional, and spiritual. Some who followed Jesus were without hope, but some who followed Him were seeking to destroy Him for this reason: he “worked” on the Sabbath. As he entered the synagogue, […]
Mark 2 Jesus has been about His Father’s business as he walked about Galilee. One thing is certain, Jesus made friends easily and not only listened but then acted if there was a need. How often do we listen but not meet the needs of others? A sign of a true friend is one who […]
