Monthly Archives: October 2014

Eating Is Believing

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Pete

Even if you don’t know what it means, you can’t help but know without a doubt what Jesus was saying. What started out as day trip to find Jesus and hopefully some more food, has escalated into a head-to-head debate … Continue reading →

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Seeking Jesus

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Pete

Right action . . . wrong motive. Right pursuit . . . but focused on the wrong prize. Very commendable effort . . . but too common an expectation. John says they were “seeking Jesus” . . . so they … Continue reading →

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The Grace of Life

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Pete

Most often, if I’m thinking about grace I’m thinking about the grace that was or, the grace that is. The “grace that was” was the grace that took an enemy of God and invited him to be a child of … Continue reading →

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Intereseted in the Individual

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Pete

Typically, I’m guessing, when you come across the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 in John 6, you tend to focus mostly on, well, the feeding of the 5,000. That’s the main event. The glory of Christ is seen as … Continue reading →

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That You May Marvel

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Pete

They wanted to kill Him. He had healed a blind man on the Sabbath and was unrepentant, and so the Jews started to harass Him. He replied that just as “My Father is working until now, I am working.” Now … Continue reading →

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What Is It About Egypt?

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Pete

Jeremiah 40 through 43 makes for a pretty intriguing and suspenseful epilogue to the “Fall of Jerusalem” story. Jerusalem has fallen . . . the temple is destroyed. The Chaldeans have taken the best of the people and of the … Continue reading →

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The City Doesn’t Need to Burn

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Pete

It didn’t have to burn. I guess I never realized it before, but Jerusalem didn’t have to burn. Though, because of its people, it had stepped WAY over the line and deserved to burn, it didn’t have to. Though it … Continue reading →

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Ready, Obey, Pray!

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Pete

I have a buddy. He’s a guy of action. In fact, sometimes he can be so quick to get off the blocks at the starting line, he’s not even sure exactly what the race is. It could be a 100 … Continue reading →

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The Prototype

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Pete

I might not be saying this quite right . . . I may be overstating it or over emphasizing it . . . but I’m thinking that, in a sense, the church is the prototype for how the promises of … Continue reading →

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The Friend of the Bridegroom (re-run)

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Pete

Running behind schedule this morning . . . so, after finishing up my readings, rather than write I went back over some of my previous musings on these passages.  Given the number of weddings I’ve attended this summer, thought re-posting … Continue reading →

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