Episodes
Thursday Sep 28, 2017
Command #22 - Give When Asked and Do More Than Required
Thursday Sep 28, 2017
Thursday Sep 28, 2017
Most are familiar with the tradition behind Jesus' words in the above passage. Many sermon illustrations have explained the right of Roman soldiers in Palestine to compel any citizen to carry their equipment for a mile. To enforce the practicality of the life he would have his hearers lead, Jesus said to carry the burden two miles instead.
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Twenty-one - To Whom Did Jesus Come?
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
When Jesus came to the world, he did not come to the impersonal masses. He came to individuals...to me...to you.
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Command #21 - Be Humble
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Humility in our day has fallen on hard times. Such can be said for most of the attributes of Christlikeness. But humility is especially embattled. The contrast between the world's perspective and that of Jesus is drawn with yet starker clarity when we substitute the word Jesus used to describe humility--meekness.
Tuesday Sep 19, 2017
Twenty - To What Does Jesus Call Us?
Tuesday Sep 19, 2017
Tuesday Sep 19, 2017
Were you able to put yourself in the picture as I did, envisioning Jesus suddenly turning the world upside down where you live--be it office, factory, retirement home, school, store, small town, suburban neighborhood, city business district--with your being swept up in it too, like I was?
Thursday Sep 14, 2017
Command #20 - Think No Impure Thought
Thursday Sep 14, 2017
Thursday Sep 14, 2017
The Sermon on the Mount is astonishing on many levels. In three succinct chapters, Jesus outlined a revolutionary new morality which was henceforth intended to visibly characterize the life lived and the attitudes held by those who would call themselves his followers.
Tuesday Sep 12, 2017
Nineteen - Reality Becomes Reality
Tuesday Sep 12, 2017
Tuesday Sep 12, 2017
As I watch, gradually the scene before me begins to change...
Thursday Sep 07, 2017
Command #19 - Apply Yourself To Think, Learn, Understand
Thursday Sep 07, 2017
Thursday Sep 07, 2017
One of the fascinating exchanges in the New Testament is recounted in the eighth chapter of Mark's gospel. In it we get a picture of Jesus' frustration with the disciples for not applying themselves to understand. To grasp it, we have to remember the storm at sea that took place after the feeding of the five thousand.
Tuesday Sep 05, 2017
Eighteen - Feed My Sheep
Tuesday Sep 05, 2017
Tuesday Sep 05, 2017
The astonishing news is true!...