Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

Two things charmed me about this passage.  The first was wondering about Jesus "preaching the gospel" to those hanging on His words in the temple.  I wonder what that was like.  I wonder what passage…

Unfortunately, man is not "basically good".  If so Christianity would be unneeded.  The fact is we are all fallen.  We are all already and in the future under judgment and are on a "Highway to Hell."…

the glory of man > the glory of God

You gotta just love a Bible passage with a math equation in it.  (It is not the only one)

This is an uncomfortable reality for a group of people that we often 'give …

Jesus is doing all kinds of fancy things.  Miracles.  The New Testament calls them SIGNS.  The Old Testament refers to the ARM OF THE LORD.  The point is that people are called to account for what th…

Cam Jansen is a delightful early-reader series.  She is a young sleuth that has a photographic memory.  Early in each story, she "CLICKS" her photographic memory to remember details that will become …

Today's Bible event reminds me of a kooky book THE RELATIVES CAME by Cynthia Rylant and with fantastic illustrations by Stephen Gammell.  It is a "Children's" book that adults will laugh out loud rea…

Jesus cleanses the temple early in his ministry and then again during the last week of His earthly life.  This visit is one of judgment ...and insight.

Jesus claims to be God today by referring to the…

At the end of this podcast we will ask, "What GROWTH in me might PLEASE GOD the most?" We are going to give God the job of being an inspector and also being the judge.  Perhaps by the end of this pod…

Jesus weeps over a "city" today.  It is Jerusalem and likely represents the heart of Israel and the hearts of the people in Israel.

He weeps with noise.  So sayeth the greek word.  So this is big.  He…

Thank you for joining me on the hit parade today.

All four gospels carry the start of the Great Week.  It is the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem.
There is much to appreciate.  A few things particularly …

Join me today on the official start of THE GREAT WEEK of Jesus' life.  The final week that contains great teaching, the suffering, death and resurrection.  It has it all and it starts here on the Tri…

the Bible says that what happens in this account is A BEAUTIFUL THING.  Perhaps the most beautiful thing?  It also predicts that what happens in this story will be proclaimed wherever the gospel is g…

One of the best things about not cherry-picking passages of the Bible is that you eventually come across stuff you don't understand or worse: you DO understand it, but you just don't like it.  Today …

There is SLAUGHTER at the end of our parable today.  That isn't very nice.  Right?
There is the financial stripping of a bad servant and a further rewarding of a good servant.  That isn't very nice.  …

Ten servants get $15,000 and the charge to "engage in business" while their boss is away.  Two do a pretty good job and are then given greater responsibilities upon his return.  Now they are in charg…

There are worse things than being lost.  If you are lost you are the star of the show today.  You are exactly what Jesus came to SEEK and SAVE.

Imagine being valued enough by Jesus Himself to be calle…

99% of the time, Scripture does not mention the HEIGHT that a person stands off of the earth.  Today, it does.  Weird.  Must be foundationally important to this character of Zacchaeus, or at least im…

There is God's mercy.
Then there is OUR VIEW of God's mercy.

Though it sounds crazy, a story is told today of a group of people who look at God's mercy with a STINK-EYE.  That is they look at God's GOO…

This word should be THUMPING in your head:  "RANSOM"

It is the English translation of the Greek word for the price paid for the release of slaves.
Even the definition is offensive.
Wait til we apply it:…