Not Your Sunday School Jesus
Authentically knowing someone exceeds knowing a few facts about them. Intimacy means we know their passions; it means knowing that which brings them joy and what causes them anguish, even anger. Knowing someone...
The Wine, The Whip and the World
Water into wine.
Cleansing the Temple.
Nic at night.
For many of us, these images of Jesus in John’s Gospel can be troubling. I mean, how many Christians do you know would be scandalized by the thought...
Fig and Temple Sandwich
If our measure of Jesus' skill as a gardener came only from his interaction with the fig tree in Mark 11, we would have to conclude that the Lord's thumb was far from green. But before we have time to read the ...