I worry that what preachers are promising is comfort, heaven, escape. … I rarely hear about decay and decadence, about salt and sacrifice, about bitter toil.
Jesus doesn’t teach the way, he IS the way Read More »
But there’s another usage which we must also consider. The Romans, the colonial oppressors, also referred to themselves as shepherds. In fact, they constantly made false claims that they were good shepherds.
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They were very sad. They felt they had invested so much of their lives in Jesus, for the sake of their nation, and got nothing in return.
The Emmaus Road: From Downcast Eyes to Burning Hearts Read More »
So, why was Thomas absent that evening, on Resurrection Sunday? I suspect Thomas was absent because
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I’m speaking about differences in the accounts, and the reliability of eyewitnesses because of differences in the accounts of Jesus’ resurrection.
He Is Risen: Eyewitnesses and the Birth of Faith Read More »
After the “priest” consecrated the bread and wine, he issued the usual invitation. Trump stood up to go to the front to receive the body and blood of Jesus, broken for the world.
The Day Mr Trump Came to The Lord’s Table in my Church Read More »
Traffic. Deadlines. The haze. The constant scroll through social media. Living in the Klang Valley means our eyes are wide open. But are we really seeing? We look at screens. We look at the road. We look at our never-ending to-do lists. Yet like the two disciples walking to Emmaus, we can miss the most
The Meal That Opened Their Eyes: Genesis, Emmaus, and Us Read More »
Why did Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead?
Life Beyond the Grave: The Sign with Lazarus as Prop Read More »
Humanity’s First Calling The story of humanity in Genesis begins not with conquest, but with care. In Genesis 2:15, God places the human in the garden “to work it and to keep it.” The Hebrew word avad is key. It can mean “to labor,” but more often it means “to serve” or “to care.” This
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His disciples were with him as he left. They saw a beggar. They put to him a question which bothered them, just like it bothers us. They asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
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