John 12:12-19 If you've been a Christian for any amount of time, you've probably heard of the "Triumphant" or "Triumphal Entry". The Triumphant Entry is Jesus' entry into Jerusalem before His final Passover celebration there. We celebrate this today on PalmSunday. Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey's colt, and a large crowd of Jews had come to see not only Him, but al...

John 11:1-16 Jesus often stayed with Mary and Martha when he came to Jerusalem for the feasts. He was well acquainted with them and they were his dear friends. Mary and Martha's brother Lazarus became very sick. So they sent a message to Jesus saying about Lazarus "Lord, your dear friend is very sick." We read Jesus' response in verses 4-5 , But when Jesus heard about it ...

The following was written in response to the sermon this past Sunday (Jesus Encounters a Man Born Blind)- specifically a story within the sermon about a young pastor and his wife who gave birth to a child with Down Syndrome (Camille gave birth to a son with Down Syndrome 8 years ago). ________________________________________________ I saw myself in the pastor's wife. I h...

John 9:8-17 So this guy gets healed and now what? He goes about his normal every day life only this time he can see. This single fact alone is a stark contrast to his beggar days and soon enough he gets noticed by the people in the village. It doesn't seem to imply he is running around shouting about how he has been healed and when asked what happened, he seems rather non...

I don't know about you, but that name gives me chills... I AM. In the Greek, it's Ego eimi. God the Father referred to himself as I AM several times in scripture, and Jesus (Yahweh) did it too. But one of the most moving and spine chilling times, in my opinion, is in John 8:57-58. The Jews had been challenging Jesus since the beginning of chapter 8 when He told them "I am...

John 8:31-47 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doe...

John 8:21-30 I had a good facepalm moment the other day. I found myself in an argument with my three year old daughter, slowly descending to her level of maturity. Being a new Dad has been awesome, and one of the things that I have learned so far is that it's not enough to just tell your children how to behave, you have to demonstrate it. I think people in general learn b...

John 8:12-20 Jesus begins speaking to the people saying "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life." The Pharisees knew that according to Isaiah 42:6 49:6 Jesus was saying he was the Messiah. And they were outraged that Jesus would make such a claim. Why do you think they were so ...

One of my favorite stories in the Bible! Its real life! I can relate big time to the lame man, in the book of John. I may not have been physically lame. I was lame spiritually and lame with all my excuses. This man was 38 years lame. I was 38 years lame in my excuses! Paralyzed in thoughts and action. Afraid of "being" well. Like the lame man only knowing beggy and being s...

We have all seen those milk commercials on TV; a man suddenly realizes that he is in the afterlife after getting hit by a truck (or something like that) and he is surrounded by tons of chocolate chip cookies, all he can eat! Surely, he must be in heaven. Then after stuffing his face with cookies, he reaches for the milk carton, dah dah dahempty! Nooooo!!!! I'm thirsty just...