Category: Bible Commentary

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,…

So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God. //These words are spoken by God to Moses about Aaron. God tells Moses that Aaron will do the speaking for him, and he…

Pray without ceasing. //Do you believe in prayer? Stephen Hawley Martin, in his book Life After Death, Powerful Evidence you Will Never Die, describes an experiment performed by Christian Science practitioners. It relates to the effect of prayer in times of stress. That it was Christian Science practitioners who dreamed…

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is…

But you would not have condemned my innocent disciples if you knew the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ //Why did Jesus have to die on the cross? It was to save us from our sins, right? He was God’s substitutionary atonement, the…

Put on the whole uniform of the Team, that ye may be able to stand against the blitz of oncoming linebackers. Don the hip pads of truth, the shoulder pads of righteousness, the cleats of preparation. Don’t forget the facemask of faith and the helmet of salvation. Then clutch the…