Is Jesus the Christ? The annointed one? The Messiah? God?
The Jews have a week called Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, to this day a Jewish holiday. Jesus attended, without fanfare, and half way through the feast he went to […]
Jesus teaches about the Holy Spirit
Jesus is speaking with a Pharisee, a religious leader and member of the Jewish ruling council. Being unable to openly speak with Jesus he came at night, in a clandestine […]
Introducing The Bible
The Bible was written by the Holy Spirit. Through people of course, because that’s how the Holy Spirit acts. Who received the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ earthly ministry? The thirty […]
Introducing Jesus
Christ. The Logos. The Word. The Son of God. We think of Jesus as a man. But before he was a man, he was Spirit, and after he was a […]
Introducing God
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” […]
The Condition of Man
The condition of man is, self-evidently, one of disconnect from God. It’s more than disconnect, it’s a functional denial of God, a rejection of God, a rebellion against God, a […]
Duty
When we think of duty, we often think of duties, things that we have to do, and with that comes a negative connotation. Duty and obedience are not exactly most […]
There’s a parable that goes like this…
The father says to his two sons, come and help me in the vineyard today. One son says Yes, I will go. But he does not. The other son says […]
The importance of service
Why should we care about one another, love one another, feed the hungry, nurse the sick, house the homeless, and do other acts of loving kindness to and for one […]
God’s will is a bit like gravity
And indeed, gravity itself is somewhat indicative of the will of God, all things being one, and coming together to be more so. Think about gravity a moment. It holds […]