I Must Decrease
John the Baptist was not the Messiah, he was the Elijah figure, the one who would go before the Messiah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children …
Four Stumpers
Jesus had asked the religious leadership of Israel about the identity of John the Baptist. Their refusal or inability to answer authoritatively demonstrated their own powerless and fruitless ministry. Soon …
Jesus Cleanses People
Jesus came to cleanse more than temples. We read yesterday of Jesus triumphal arrival to Jerusalem. When he came to the temple he turned over the tables of those changing …
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Jesus rode into Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, the coming Prophet, Priest, and King. Yet when he arrived in Jerusalem his reception was mixed. Even by those bringing him …
Jesus’ Triumphal Entry
Anticipation may have waned by the time first century Jews were looking for their Messiah to come. It was not for lack of desire, surely, but that they had waited …
Prone To Wander
As we sit in this time of shelter-in- place, one thing rings true. I am prone to wander, Lord I feel it. My body wants to wander out of this …
Breaking the Silence With a Call to Silence
For days I have come to sit in front of my computer. I have this great desire to write some profound thing that will be a help to my friends …