Feast With YHWH
“My soul is crushed with longing for You, make me understand You, enlarge my heart for You, revive me!” Continue reading Feast With YHWH
Month: August 2020
Ache
“I’ve had a hard time with some of my fellow Christians,” he said softly. “It’s hard not to build up a wall. But I’ve met some really great believers, too. They don’t all agree with me about stuff. But they love me.” Continue reading Ache
Minor Prophets: Jonah, נָחַם nâcham
When the Hebrew language speaks of God “repenting,” the word most often is “nacham,” referring to inner suffering that needs to be consoled. Continue reading Minor Prophets: Jonah, נָחַם nâcham
Gospel of John: Adulterous Woman Reprise
The scribes and Pharisees condoned and rationalized their own sin while at the same time were eager to see sin punished in other people’s lives, even to the death, rather than to see them forgiven and restored.
Who might you and I want to see punished, instead of repent? How willing are we to let that go and pray for Jesus to restore them instead? Continue reading Gospel of John: Adulterous Woman Reprise
Gospel of John: Woman Caught in Adultery
She was disheveled, rumpled clothes half thrown on, her long hair caught up in the hot wind that constantly blew in the Mediterranean. Two men, angry and sweaty, gripped her as they dragged her up the massive steps of the temple, and into the middle of the outer courtyard. Other men shouted and shoved through the gathering crowd. Continue reading Gospel of John: Woman Caught in Adultery
Gospel of John: Protectors Pressured
It was more than the Pharisees could bear, for the temple guard to be taken in by Jesus. Picture the angry exclamations, the accusations, pointed fingers, hands with fingers spread wide shooting into the air for emphasis. Imagine voices all trying to out-roar each other as the Pharisees jabbed the chests of the towering Benjamite warriors, in their fury, Continue reading Gospel of John: Protectors Pressured
Gospel of John: A Better Covenant
The giving of the Holy Spirit in a new, never-before way was to be inaugurated by another never-before event. Continue reading Gospel of John: A Better Covenant
Babylonian Stew
And now for something completely different.
What’s for dinner? A nearly four thousand year old recipe from ancient Babylon! Continue reading Babylonian Stew
Changes
“Aren’t you, like, a Christian?” It was making no sense. He took his glasses off and rubbed his eyes, as though that might help. “I mean, aren’t there rules, or something?” Continue reading Changes
Minor Prophets: Jonah or Dagon?
During Jonah’s time, the people of Nineveh believed in a divinity who sent messages to them by a person who rose out of the sea, as part fish and part man. Continue reading Minor Prophets: Jonah or Dagon?
