Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. There are many levels to the parable of the prodigal son, but this one is often neglected. In…

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” //Yesterday, I wrote about how Jesus “healed” a beggar at the pool of Bethesda. The man picked up his mat and walked off,…

And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. //In John chapter 5, Jesus comes across a beggar who had for the last 38 years suffered an “infirmity.” The man had been lying for a long time at a magical pool, a pool with the power…

Man goes out to his work And to his labor until the evening. //Oh, how I wish that were true! In the evening, our labor just begins anew. Leslie and I are finding out that starting up our new Fantasy Football service demands more time than we have available, and…

And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: –Luke 24:46 //Most of us honor Good Friday as the day of Christ’s death, and celebrate the following Sunday as the day of his resurrection. Meaning,…