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Tag: John 2
Where Is Our Zeal?
John 2: 13-22 Here are some random thoughts about money. A fool and his money were lucky to get together in the first place. Back in the day, an interviewer asked Bing Crosby how he could always stay so calm and unperturbed. Bing pulled from his pocket a huge chunk of dollar bills and said,…
The Present Time
Luke 12: 54-56 John 2: 5-11 Victor Borge, the well known Danish-American comedian and pianist of another time, told a friend he could tell time by his piano. His friend was skeptical, so Borge volunteered to demonstrate. He pounded out a crashing march loud and fast on his piano. Immediately there came a banging on…
Plenty Left Over
John 2: 1-11 When we lived in Albertville and Eli was in college and Anna was in high school, we cooked supper one night for Anna’s friends. They all gathered in our house to study together and watch movies after supper. April had already planned to make spaghetti. Anna wasn’t sure how many of the friends were coming. She…
Reflections on the Third Sunday
John 2: 13-22 The temple was not meant to be a marketplace. The religious asked him what authority Jesus had to fashion a whip from cords and drive the sheep and cattle out of the temple and pour the coins of the money changers onto the ground and overturned their tables. He told them, “Destroy…
Plenty Left Over
<!–[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> Not too long ago we cooked supper for our daughter’s friends. They all gathered in our house to study together and watch movies after supper. April had already planned to make spaghetti. Anna wasn’t sure how many of the friends were coming. She finally firmed up a number and told her…
Psalm 102 in The Message 