When we last met, Jesus had encouraged the disciples to return to open water for some fishing, even though they’d just suffered through a fishless night. So, they begin fishing again, and the nets, once empty, are now filled to the point of breaking! “They came and filled the boats, so that they began to… [Read more…]
February 18, 2012
Once upon a time, a guy named Henry lived a very regular life. He had a wife and two kids, an eight to five job that paid the bills, and a small, but comfortable place to live. He attended church in the place he’d known all his life with people who’d seen him grow from a… [Read more…]
February 16, 2012
We begin this story of Jesus encountering the Gerasene demoniac, not when Jesus steps on the shores of the country of the Gerasenes, but in the few verses preceding this incident (cf. Mark 4.39-41). The question still ringing in the air as Jesus steps from the boat is, “Who then is this, that even wind and… [Read more…]
February 15, 2012
We get personalized info on the web, personalized service at stores we frequent, personalized music lists on apps and iPods: why not get personalized medicine? George Church looks to do exactly that. Dr. Church has helped develop the automating of gene-sequencing, something that heralds great advances in the treatment of all manner of things in our… [Read more…]
January 31, 2012
We get a wonderful and beautiful picture of faith and leading in these verses as we read the word “led.” “The Lord has shown unfailing love and faithfulness to my master, for he has led me straight to my master’s relatives” (Genesis 24.27; cf. v. 48). Interestingly enough, this particular Hebrew word for “led” only… [Read more…]
January 30, 2012
Since we’ve been reading Genesis 24 about the quest to find a wife for Isaac, in the last three posts we’ve learned a few really cool things about close encounters with God or the workings of God in our lives. And the great thing about this story is that we get to see all these things,… [Read more…]
January 29, 2012
What do we see when we look at our lives? Really. Good days? Bad days? Amazing things? Difficult things? When we look at the story of our lives, what do we see? I see good decisions, bad decisions; things that excite me, things that embarrass me; things that make me happy, things that make me sad.… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a movie about a man who becomes obsessed with an alien encounter. He cannot help himself, he must discover what’s happening. He builds a mud model of the landmark that keeps flashing in his head, he leaves for Wyoming trying to find this large piece of rock, and he… [Read more…]
January 11, 2012
“Nehemiah said, ‘Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.’” In these few moments from Nehemiah 8.1-12 as God’s word reverberated against the old city, the people recovered… [Read more…]
December 2, 2011
As we think about Jesus we are always faced with the question: Who am I?
February 19, 2012
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