Why Turn Water Into Wine?
Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. When the...
View ArticleThe Venom Of Cobras
Daily Scripture readings for April, set #21: - Job 19 - Daniel, chapters 3-4 - John 12:37-50 - 2 John “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth” (Job 19:25). This...
View ArticleEyes Wide Shut
And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and...
View ArticleDaniel Is Sickened By God’s Will
Daily Scripture readings for April, set #23: - Daniel, chapters 7-8 - Job 21:1-21 - John 13:12-17 - Jude, verses 1-7 “And I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days. Then I rose and went about...
View ArticleI Am the Woman at the Well
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become...
View ArticleWhen God Asks You to Do Something You Can’t Do
A man was there who had been crippled for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” The sick...
View ArticleHave Mercy On Those Who Doubt
Daily Scripture readings for April, set #25: - Daniel, chapters 10-12 - Job 22 - John 13:31-38 - Jude, verses 17-25 “Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and...
View ArticleComing Soon: A Blog Series on the Book of Revelation
I’ve never undertaken a serious, extended study on the Book of Revelation. Have you? I wanted to do an independent study on it in seminary, but couldn’t fit it into my course load. I thought about...
View ArticleThe Greatest
“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! …For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe...
View ArticleIs Jesus a Puppet King?
When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!” Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew...
View ArticleSettling for Chuck E. Cheese
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food...
View ArticleWhy Doesn’t Jesus Just Show Himself?
His brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show...
View ArticleWe Are Very, Very Small
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or...
View ArticleOh, How He Loves Us
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. …No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my...
View ArticleNo Strings Attached
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is...
View ArticleDid I Forget About The Year-Long Bible Reading Posts?
Yes. Yes I did. Well, not “forget” so much… more like “lost track of.” I’ve been amazingly busy with work, which is funny because my “work” is normally called “play.” Because you play the drums rather...
View ArticleRevelation: The Opening Credits
A Blog Series on the Book of Revelation: Introduction ← Preview ΑΩ Part 1 (1:1-8) → When I said that I was going to be blogging my way through Revelation, a friend of mine said, “…Because nothing...
View ArticleBreathe Deep. You Weren’t Wrong. (Revelation 1:1-8)
A Blog Series on the Book of Revelation, Part 1 ← Introduction ΑΩ Part 2 (1:9-20) → I would imagine that everyone has had the experience of suddenly realizing they might be wrong about something...
View ArticleThe Secret to Making A Great Mix Tape (Revelation 1:9-20)
A Blog Series on the Book of Revelation, Part 2 ← Part 1 (1:1-8) ΑΩ Part 3 (2:1-7) → Do you remember cassette tapes? Try hard. If you were born after 1985, you probably never actually owned one, but...
View ArticleTacos From Heaven (Revelation 2:1-7)
A Blog Series on the Book of Revelation, Part 3 ← Part 2 (1:9-20) ΑΩ Part 4 (2:8-11) → Remember how much anticipation surrounded report card time when you were a kid? I wasn’t even that concerned...
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