This is the second time Jesus will tell His disciples about His impending death. The disciples are afraid to ask Him for clarification. The first time Jesus told His disciples about His impending death, it didn’t go over very well. Peter stood up and rebuked Jesus. And got rebuked in the process. The others are […]
Jesus is in the latter portion of His ministry. Part of that includes revealing His true glory to three of His disciples. Jesus is transfigured before their eyes. All of us who have read the bible or heard bible stories all our lives understand the word “transfiguration”, but I thought it might be good to […]
Jesus leaves the region of the Decapolis and returns to the cities and towns of the Jews. The Pharisees show up again. Jesus warns His disciples against them. The Pharisees are at it again, as expected. Jesus’ interaction with them is brief, but He warns His disciples against becoming like them. They don’t understand.
Jesus has been ministering to the Jews since emerging on the scene. Today He begins a portion of ministry to the gentiles, including feeding 4,000 of them. We have come to the story of a mother who refused to give up when approaching Jesus. Her daughter is tormented by a demon and she knows that […]
The Pharisees and scribe are out looking for reasons to confront Jesus. Today it is about washing your hands. “I’ll take clean hearts over clean hands” Jesus says. Jesus and His disciples are under scrutiny all the time. They can’t make a move without someone seeing it and either taking offense, or asking for their […]