A Lesson in Humility
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you …
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you …
Freedom is a theme that runs through Christianity. But what is freedom for the Christian? The strongest teaching of freedom that we find in the Bible is freedom from the …
The beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount have always intrigued me. For one, when I first read them they seem so simple, but the more I reflect on them …
I love the story of when Jesus heals the paralytic in Mark 2:1–12. In this story, Jesus' popularity has grown to the point where there are so many people coming …
In times of difficulty, confusion, trial, or darkness the best thing to do, without fail, is focus on Jesus. I cannot count the number of times that I’ve said that …
I’m a huge advocate of corporate worship and communal Christianity. My personal MO is shaped by the fact that salvation is for a people through a people. I make it …
Jesus used a number of pedagogical methods for teaching his disciples (and the crowds). At times, he went into theological discourse (John 3, with Nicodemus), other times he used parables. …
NT Wright explains how the resurrection impacts the origins of Christianity as a Messianic movement in 1st century Palestinian Judaism.
We can only imagine what it must have been like for everyone the day after Jesus' resurrection. Learning of his resurrection must have been overwhelming (Jesus wishes to overwhelm us at times), …
No one imagined it. It came as a surprise to all. Everything thought they knew what God was planning. They believed that they knew what God would do to redeem …