Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

IF my brother sins against me?
You must mean WHEN my brother sins against me.
For this is a normal, regular, expected part of the Christian walk.

Wouldn't it be great if God gave us a mechanism, a pathw…

If you are a believer, then today's wonder is about how good God has been to you and is a story about what He did for you.
If you are a not-yet-believer, then today's wonder is about how good God is b…

Because of the 
Passion & Pleasure & Purpose of God 
believers receive the 
Protection & Preservation & PURSUIT of God.  

We talked about the Powerfully enabled Angels doing some of the protecting yester…

Crossfit proclaims, "World's Fittest Man" and "World's Fittest Woman" after some brutal criteria.

Well, so does Jesus. He proclaims the "World's Fittest Christian".  The World's best follower of Him i…

Salt is always associated with Sacrifice.  (There's that OT shedding light on the NT again).  The Lord says Salt is good.  Don't be Unsalty.

I think He is saying in the context of this passage about s…

Today we will follow the Mighty Mississippi all the way back to the headwaters; the source.   We will find ourselves at the spiritual Itaska State Park in northern Minnesota.  There you can hop over …

Today's passage is very clear.  It is also terrifying.

We find out almost everything we need to know about h-e-l-l. 
Its' comparisons.
Its' control.
Its' permanence.
Its' unpleasantness.
Its' presence.

The …

Belonging to Christ = Belonging to His People Mark 9:38 (Episode #176)
Like many good passages, this one starts with a COMPLAINT:  Hey! these guys don't belong to US! Which of course isn't the point. …

We've stumbled upon an important concept with the "RANSOM tax" of Exodus 30.  We are going to sit there for a minute (7 actually) and wonder about what are we:

Ransomed FOR
Ransomed FROM
Ransomed WHEN
Ra…

The Jews called it a "Temple Tax" that everybody paid, every year.  Nice and tidy.  However, this is a bit of a misnomer because Exodus 30: 11-16 tells us that it is an ATONEMENT tax, a JUDGMENT tax,…

Ransom Your Life but only for a YEAR Matt 17:24
What is a life worth?  What is a YEAR of life worth?  How can I stand before a Holy God?  What will I do about my sin for a year?  What might happen if …

DO by being UNDONE Matthew 16:25
Our ACTIONS aren't in the front of the train.  They aren't the "engine"
Our ACTIONS are in the back of the train.  They are the Caboose.  They follow everything.

What I …

What is the VALUE of a SOUL? Matt 16:26
Today is all about a trade.  What shall a man give in return for a SOUL?  How much is a soul worth?  What about gaining the whole world?  Would that be worth it…

Setting your MIND on Something. Matt 16:21 Ep 168
Whenever Peter is in a Bible story, you know the events are going to be RELATABLE.  Today is no exception.

Peter REBUKES Jesus.  Worse, he takes Jesus …

Be Careful about IDEAS, not STUFF Matt 16:12
IDEAS vs. STUFF
Our beloved disciples are confused again.  Somebody carelessly forgot to bring bread.  They could have FAITHFULLY forgotten bread based on t…

Nothin but the Sign of Jonah Matt 16:1
To the TESTING Pharisees Jesus says:  All you are going to get today is the SIGN OF JONAH.  What does that mean?

Certainly there is the three days in the belly of…

Spitting + Sighing = Astonishment beyond Measure Mk 8:34
We've got great visuals and audios today.  We have Jesus Spitting and some fingers in the ears of a deaf man.  We have him cooperating with Jes…