The Story of Lazarus: Perspective Lessons……By Gwen Sellers……John 11 shares the story of Lazarus’s death and resurrection. While many know this story from children’s books or Sunday school classes, it contains much to teach adults. The story reveals the hearts of those around Jesus and gives insight into the heart of Jesus Himself. The Sisters […]
From Blind Beggar to Anointed Eyes By Kersley Fitzgerald……I read John 9 recently — the passage where Jesus heals the man born blind and then the man totally takes the Pharisees to school. Something stopped me short this time. In verse 11, when asked how he regained his sight, the formerly-blind man says Jesus “anointed” his eyes.…That’s such […]
Does God still perform miracles today ? There is a tremendous difference between the popular definition of a miracle in our culture and the narrow technical definition of a miracle that theologians work within their science. …We can often have serious communication problems when people ask me whether I believe that God is doing […]
…Arrest at Gethsemane: (Matthew 26:36-56Mark 14:32-50Luke 22:39-54John 18:1-12) – After the Last Supper, Jesus led the disciples to the garden of Gethsemane , where several things took place. Jesus separated Himself from them in order to pray, asking them to watch and pray as well. But several times He returned to find them sleeping, overcome […]
Birth: (Luke 2:1-20) – Within this passage are all the elements of the well-known Christmas story. Mary and Joseph, no room at the inn, the babe in the manger, the shepherds with their flocks, wise men from the East following the star to Bethlehem and bearing gifts for the Christ child, a multitude of angels […]
Baptism: (Matthew 3:13-17Mark 1:9-11Luke 3:21-23) – Jesus’ baptism by John at the Jordan River is the first act of His public ministry. John’s was a baptism of repentance, and although Jesus did not need such a baptism, He consented to it in order to identify Himself with sinners. He would soon bear their sins on […]
Crucifixion and burial: (Matthew 27:27-66Mark 15:16-47Luke 23:26-56John 19:17-42) – The death of Jesus on the cross was the culmination of His ministry on earth. It is the reason He was born as a man—to die for the sins of the world so that those who believe in Him would not perish, but have everlasting life […]