“It’s not a mere encounter in the physical, but we bear witness in this PLACE of a HISTORICAL FIGURE who has impacted us in our spirits. The physical and spiritual are essential in our telling of the story of Jesus.”
See & Hear
“What is meant to happen in us when we come and see and come and hear?”
It Is a Challenge
“Wisdom everywhere, courage nowhere. Dear Lord, we are dying of prudence.”
In This World
“A new realm of living that is not merely focused on a life in heaven, but in a life through Jesus we come in and go out.”
Recognize Him
“They not only had heard the things that had happened, they knew he’d been with them. Few of us give accounts of what God has done in our lives.”
He Speaks Our Names
“We hear him speak as our resurrected Lord that his relationship with us is everlasting.”
He Stirred Up the Faith
“They cried out for him to save them from the hypocrisy of the religious and the arrogance of the empires. They cried out for salvation.”
What God Prefers
“Everything we do as Christians, everything we experience – good and bad, everything we witness that is hopeful or discouraging is in the shadow of the resurrected Lamb of God.”
The Normal Was Disturbed
“IT WAS NORMAL FOR PEOPLE TO BE LABELED SINNERS from what they were suffering, but it was abnormal to be described as non-sinners while still suffering. EVERYTHING JESUS DOES IN THIS STORY IS A DEPARTURE FROM THE NORMAL.”
Thirst Is a Good Thing
“If we did not thirst, we wouldn’t seek the fluid we need to satisfy us, to meet our needs, to survive. Is this woman thirsty? FOR WHAT IS SHE THIRSTING?”
Psalm 102 in The Message 