Category Archives: Encountering Jesus

I like the fact that Jesus got sleepy because I get tired and sleepy too. In Mark 4 we encounter Jesus after a busy day of ministry asleep on a pillow in a boat in the midst of a furious storm. How exhausted would you have to be to sleep in the stern of aContinue reading “Jesus got sleepy”

There’s something about a commanding voice that inspires, motivates, commands attention and scares you almost to death all at the same time. Thoughts and pictures of Jesus from my childhood and even more recent movies about Him cast Jesus as soft-spoken, meek, mild and almost effeminate. How different is the Jesus of the New TestamentContinue reading “A Thundering Voice!”

Do you place a cap on your love and affection for Christ? Still thinking about the woman in Mark 14 who removed the cap and emptied her jar of expensive ointment-like perfume on Jesus‘ head. This pint of pure nard would likely have been a valuable family heirloom passed down like jewelry for generations. Normally,Continue reading “Limitless Love”

Want to know something that I dislike about myself?  I dislike the internal selfish desire that is always asking, “What’s in it for me?”  But I dislike that desire more in you than I do in me.  Sadly, we probably won’t get away from the quest of personal gain in this lifetime. An old pastor,Continue reading “What’s in it for me?”

I find myself regularly doing cost-benefit analysis and asking the question, “Is it worth it?” Should I invest my time, my money, my effort, my gift or my talents? The woman in Mark 14 who poured her precious life savings onto The Savior did a pretty radical thing which was not comprehended by the accountantsContinue reading “Is He Worth it?”

Interesting how beauty catches the eye and draws the affections. We love to look at beautiful people, paintings, scenery, architecture. I have acquaintances who speak about beautiful people as “eye candy” admitting that the eye is drawn to beauty. Proverbs makes this connection of eyes and heart with the warning: Do not lust in yourContinue reading “Recognizing Beauty”