The Christian Church rarely talks about hell, but here is one of the places where Jesus mentions it. His purpose was not judging people to go to heaven or hell.…
Jesus in telling the disciples who he is also shows them the path that he will have to travel. What he tells them doesn’t line up with expectations for what…
Both people in today’s story were outsiders. All of us are outsiders. None of us have any right or any standing before God. Like the Syrophoenician woman and the deaf…
It's important for us to recognize and understand the subtleties of satan's maneuvering in our lives and how to put on the armor that is Christ. Satan works through deception,…
We all harbor certain images of God in our hearts and minds. We will look at some of those images today and ultimately declare that the best "projection" in this…
Jesus turns His discussion about bread in a new direction. He declares that we are to feed on Him! Most often, our faith journey contains doctrine and creed, and deep…
Following the miraculous feeding of the 5000, the crowds crowd around Jesus because they received the feeding…they wanted more of what Jesus could give them…but Jesus is on to them,…
Two of Jesus’ amazing miracles happen in these 21 verses: he feeds 5000, and then walks on the water! All in a day’s work for Jesus. Here, the gospel writer,…