“Turning away from him, ignoring his words because they’re just too hard to understand is not profitable, not life-sustaining. IF YOU DON’T GET IT TODAY, HANG AROUND. You might get it tomorrow. He said his words were Spirit, the very Spirit of God, and life eternal. Good luck finding such stuff like that somewhere else.”
Tag: signs
Checking Your Vitals
Luke 6: 27-38 I got a new watch last week. It’s a smartwatch. That is no measurement of its owner. I’ve needed a new watch for a while. My birthday was approaching, and April suggested that as a gift for me. I agreed. I like it a lot. Numbers, to some degree, fascinate me. I…
He’s Drawing Close to You
Luke 21: 25-33 Advent means coming. About six and a half years ago, we were in a difficult financial position. I made an error in making a past due payment on our Verizon account. I paid the whole bill, which we couldn’t afford, instead of the past due amount only. It hamstrung our finances. It…
Our Only Hope of Understanding
John 6: 51-66 I encourage you to recall that all I just read began with the crowd in this chapter from the gospel of John looking for Jesus the day after he fed them miraculously. In verse 26 of John 6, Jesus said, “You are looking for me not because you saw signs but because…
As Jesus Did
Acts 2: 1-24, 32-36 For years, Tony Campolo, renowned preacher, college professor and author, would speak at a Christian festival in central Pennsylvania. Thousands of young people would attend the festival which had a definite Pentecostal flavor to it. The festival always reached a crescendo on Saturday night. Tony was often the featured speaker on…
Greater Things
Way back when, in a galaxy far, far away, I was reading from the first chapter of John early one morning. I read verse 50, and it blew me up. Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” The phrase that caught me,…
Psalm 102 in The Message 