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Old and wise, our defiant pair told him what he was already prepared to believe: “The Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; for they...

John’s account may not be as dramatic as Luke’s, but it is more intimate. He says Jesus breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy...

It is necessary. Why? Because some people will not read the scriptures; some will not hear the sermons; some will not sing along with the...

Jesus will not hoard the words his followers need to hear. He looks into their frightened eyes and tells them, “I am the vine, you are...

John cannot forget that on the last night with his disciples, his Lord gave his followers a commandment to love one another. It would...

Let me say it again, he took on blood and bone in the incarnation and he remains formed of blood and bone after the resurrection. Luke...

It is easy to see the sin in others – the father who shouts abuse and throws things; the opponent who doesn’t see the world the way you...

She did not abandon Jesus in his hour of need. She will not walk away now. But she is grieving. She is broken. And she is grasping at the...

John makes choices as he tells his version of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. The crowd makes choices – both to come into the city, and in...

When Jesus talks about the hour having come for the Son of Man to be glorified, about seeds and death (and life), about losing your life...

We were enemies once and so we were as good as dead. But God loved us; God reached out to us; God saved us by grace. Ephesians 2:1-10...

We know that what John is asserting for his listeners is true: what we need is not a building, it is the body of Christ, the people of...

There is an important qualifier. Perhaps you noticed it. Paul writes, “For the promise that he would inherit the world, did not come to...

So I wonder, on the day when Jesus was baptized, and the heavens were torn apart, was there a rainbow – a reminder that God had committed...

If you are looking in the wrong place you will miss the light, the glow that reveals God. Mark 9:2-9 and 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 February 11,...

I don’t know for sure what Peter’s mother-in-law was thinking as she lay there, but illness and injury have a way of throwing us for a...

Whatever he taught, the people were astounded – for instead of just quoting other teachers, as was typical, he taught as one who knew God...

So what is your reason for following Jesus? Is it some sense of duty or the full flush of love? Is it hope conjured out of the crucible...

Matthew and Luke tell birth stories so we will know that this baby is the Messiah. Mark makes his case at the baptism with the heavens...

Perhaps you have heard the classic short story by Henry Van Dyke, The Story of the Other Wise Man. It tells of Artaban, who also saw the...