Episodes
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Command #18 - Be Clear-minded, Thoughtful, Mentally Diligent
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Ours is a lethally superficial age. In an era of superhuman technological achievement, the facility to think judiciously is on the endangered skills list. Our computerized culture has rendered us dependent on machines to do our thinking for us.
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
Seventeen - A Yet Greater Shock
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
I follow the silent procession to the funeral parlor belonging to a family friend named Joe who has offered its use without charge...
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
Command #17 - Listen Carefully
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
There may be those who wonder, when reading some of the Commands: When did Jesus ever say that? I don't remember reading those words in the New Testament.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2017
Sixteen - Ultimate Sonship
Tuesday Aug 22, 2017
Tuesday Aug 22, 2017
Mortified at what I have done to this one who has given so much, who has given me life itself--denying him when he needed me most, following from a distance, pretending not even to know him--I approach the gruesome scence...
Thursday Aug 17, 2017
Command #16 - Listen
Thursday Aug 17, 2017
Thursday Aug 17, 2017
It is now time to consider the third most frequently given group of Commands that Jesus gave behind Watchfulness and Courage which were considered earlier. That is a group of related exhortations that might be summed up as: Listen with understanding and discerning insight. These we will consider as four related commands: Listen, Listen carefully, Be clear-minded, thoughtful, mentally diligent, and, Apply yourself to think, learn, understand.
Tuesday Aug 15, 2017
Fifteen - Despair
Tuesday Aug 15, 2017
Tuesday Aug 15, 2017
I slow in my flight. No one is chasing me now...
Thursday Aug 10, 2017
Command #15 - Repent
Thursday Aug 10, 2017
Thursday Aug 10, 2017
The Gospel does not come to us one-dimensionally. The teachings of Jesus, while epitomizing simplicity itself, are also intriguingly complex. The intertwining mix of "spiritual" and "temporal" commands is constantly in play. The moment we get too spiritual, Jesus hits us with the parable of the Good Samaritan, urging us simply to be good and take care of people. Not a word in the story about getting the man saved or taking him to church...just Go and do the same. Yet the moment we begin thinking that kindness toward our fellow man is enough, there is Jesus telling Nicodemus he must be "born again."
Tuesday Aug 08, 2017
Fourteen - Accusation and Denial
Tuesday Aug 08, 2017
Tuesday Aug 08, 2017
A band of men is coming along the path through the garden carrying lanterns and lights, and, I think, a few weapons of some kind...
Thursday Aug 03, 2017
Command #14 - Be Patient, Enduring, Persevering
Thursday Aug 03, 2017
Thursday Aug 03, 2017
When Paul enumerates the characteristics of love in 1 Corinthians 13, the familiarity of his words obscures what an astonishing attribute he begins with: Love is patient.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2017
Thirteen - Garden of Relinquishment
Tuesday Aug 01, 2017
Tuesday Aug 01, 2017
We walk out into the city which is now quiet and peaceful, in the evening air. We gather closely, for Jess is subdued and speaking quietly...