When you read the Gospels, it’s easy to envy those who knew Jesus on earth. How amazing to sit with Him at the Last Supper, or pray with Him in the garden? Or to pass out miracle-food to 5,000 people? Or see Lazarus come out of the grave? But it was not all sunshine andContinue reading ““GRIPPED BY GREAT FEAR.” Luke 8:37.”
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DARKNESS. Matthew 4:16.
Our world is filled with darkness. The sin, murder, bloodshed, war, genocide, perversity…. Remember walking down Bourbon Street? Remember the way a tourist can look at it all as if it were a sideshow? To happy people from the suburbs, a walk down that street is like a walk through a zoo—danger may lurk onContinue reading “DARKNESS. Matthew 4:16.”
BEING HUMAN MEANS STORYTELLING: Esther 4:16.
Purim is the springtime celebration of the events recorded in the book of Esther. The celebration requires Jews to attend synagogue where they hear the story of Esther read aloud. Esther may be a bit long to read aloud. But tradition makes it fun: when the name of evil Haman is mentioned, the congregation drownsContinue reading “BEING HUMAN MEANS STORYTELLING: Esther 4:16.”
This is a Rescue!
John Eldredge compares the saving work of Jesus to the work of Tom Hanks and his cohort in the film SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. Jesus is not the Fuller Brush man, knocking on a housewife’s door to sell her a new broom. He’s not the ice cream man, trolling the neighborhood, offering something sweet to anyoneContinue reading “This is a Rescue!”
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