HER STORY: Christ’s Ministry, The Sinful Woman

We donโ€™t know this womanโ€™s backstory at all, whether she was young or old, her culture or clan. Some in our Bible study thought perhaps she was the woman who had committed adultery and was forgiven privately by Jesus after everyone had left (John 8:11). Maybe! We really have no information on her at all … Continue reading HER STORY: Christ’s Ministry, The Sinful Woman

Women Disciples: Jesus’s Call to Mary of Magdala

Though Mary of Magdala is a well-known figure in the gospels, she is not introduced by name until Jesusโ€™s crucifixion in Johnโ€™s Gospel (John 19:25). John doesnโ€™t explain who she is, or what her relationship is to Jesus or his family, but there she is, with John and Mary, Jesusโ€™s mother. That alone says how … Continue reading Women Disciples: Jesus’s Call to Mary of Magdala

Revelation 19: Sword of the Lord

Then I saw the sky having been opened up and behold! A white horse, the One sitting upon it being called faithful and true, and in righteousness he judges and does battle, and his eyes a blaze of fire, and upon his head many diadems, having a name having been written which not even one … Continue reading Revelation 19: Sword of the Lord