Our table manners are a good indicator of what we think is going on when we gather to eat. Humility here translates to humility everywhere else. Charity for the person eating next to us here spills over into charity everywhere else. The direction of this world got underway in … [Read more...] about Jesus, Table Manners
Evangelism
Jesus, Light of the World
In Matthew 12 we learn that the Pharisees and those responsible for guiding Israel had become faithless teachers. Their candle was going out. They were demanding a sign (Luke 11:29) but they should have been looking for the a light switch. No one after lighting a lamp puts it … [Read more...] about Jesus, Light of the World
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
Sheep Spotting
"How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” (John 10:1-24). Here, we have the universal excuse of all who are perishing: “Why wasn’t I told?” The question may be sincere, and most believers want to give a sincere answer, but there is a trap … [Read more...] about Sheep Spotting
Jesus, Worship and Work
Jews and Samaritans did not speak to each other and did not worship together. More importantly, a respectable rabbi and a sinful woman would never have had a conversation in public. The beautiful thing we see in the Lord's encounter with the Samaritan woman in John 4:7 is that … [Read more...] about Jesus, Worship and Work
