Tuesday, Jerusalem, circa AD 33

It is Passion Week. Tuesday finds Jesus continuing to teach. By Whose Authority? When Jesus returned to the Temple and began teaching, the leading priests and elders came up to him. They demanded, to know by whose authority He had thrown out the merchants the day...

Monday, Jerusalem, circa AD 33

In this final week before Passover, Jesus went to the temple every day to teach and heal. He knew that the time available for His earthly mission was running short. And His human patience was also running short. We witness an example of righteous anger. On Monday...

The Confession of Confessions

So God raised Him up to the highest place and gave Him the name above all. So when His name is called, every knee will bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the...

Consider The Ravens

Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no...

Knowing God (Note 1)

I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts, living within you as you trust in Him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous hesed love; (Note 2) and, as all God’s children should, may you be able to feel and understand how...

The Christian Mission Statement

A Christian’s mission statement is “to know God through humble fellowship with Him in Christ, to be transformed by His hesed love, and to reveal His glory to the world by making disciples and proclaiming the Gospel.” To know God:With what shall I...