Two of the most common ways we are taught to treasure Jesus above all else in this world is in the way we deal with loss and in the way we handle forgiveness. And the two things go hand in hand. Forgiveness means letting go of some grievance. It means giving up the charge of … [Read more...] about Little Gain Without Some Loss
Jesus, The Harvest
In Matthew 9:27-38 we encounter some people who are looking for Jesus, some who are found by Jesus and others that are brought to Jesus. Blind men followed Him, the mute are brought and Jesus continues His mission by going throughout the villages of Israel seeking the … [Read more...] about Jesus, The Harvest
The Onlookers
The Gospels are full of accounts of Jesus teaching, healing and giving the Pharisees a drubbing. And one of the interesting things about those incidents was the place of the onlooker. We tend to think of evangelism as direct communication to a person or crowd. But quite often … [Read more...] about The Onlookers
Jesus, Makes Clean
All societies have categories for labelling clean from unclean. These are moral categories that determine whether you are in or out of that particular society. In our culture, getting drunk with your makes or picking up a random girl in a bar gets a round of applause in some … [Read more...] about Jesus, Makes Clean
Our Sentimental Rags
We live in a culture that idolises sentimentality. We enthrone emotion as the standard by which we measure what is true, beautiful and good. In such a state, man filters his world according to how it makes him feel. A statement is judged offensive or acceptable according to his … [Read more...] about Our Sentimental Rags