In Part 1 I noted how the twelve, like us, had a hard time accepting people outside their own spiritual circle. “Those other so-called Christians might believe in Jesus but they believe a little different than us. They don't worship enough, or maybe too much. They don’t evangelize the way we do or pray in …
How Wide Is Your Welcome? (Part 1 of 2)
46 An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. 47 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. 48 Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who …
How Jesus Feeds the Hungry (Part 1 of 2)
Besides the resurrection, I bet you don’t know which of Jesus’ miracles made it into all four gospels! OK, my title gave it away, but would you have guessed it if I had called it “Jewish Boy Loses His Lunch” or “Give All You Got and Get More Than You Had” or something of …
Smoke in God’s Nose
They say to each other, ‘Don’t come too close or you will defile me! I am holier than you!’ These people are a stench in my nostrils, an acrid smell that never goes away. Isaiah 65:5 There’s a stench in the air. It’s the pungent smell of arrogance. I smell it in both American culture …
