Category: The journey

Jesus knows that he is about to leave his followers. His mission here on earth as a human being is drawing to an end. His followers have loved him, relied on him and given...

No one except Jesus himself knew that this was to be their last supper together. What we’ve come to know as the Last Supper was named that after the event with the benefit of...

Take a moment here. Stop rushing around. Take a few slow breaths in and out. Inhale. Exhale. Relax your shoulders. What we have right here is a wonderful account of Jesus’ love and compassion...

After the accounts of Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem and his visit to the temple at the beginning of that final week, there’s a series of short, seemingly unconnected conversations and parables in all four...

It’s very easy for us in our modern world to completely miss the significance of the temple in Jesus’ time and in so doing, to completely miss the significance of all that Jesus has...

Welcome to a new month and the start of a new stage in this journey through the Bible! We’ve been looking at the four books at the beginning of the New Testament since December:...

What kind of people do you invite into your home? Before we look at today’s passage, I’d like us to consider this question. Actually, in today’s world, I’m guessing the answer for many is...

Today, as part of this week of looking at the healings Jesus performed, we focus on those times that he made the blind to see and the deaf to hear. In Matthew 9, the...

Some people believe that ‘bringing people to Jesus’ is all about the spiritual. The soul is the only part of a person worth caring about because that is the only part of us that...

When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. The centurion heard...