Christine's Blog – May 2012 Archive (11)

“You know, Christine, I have heard people comment that there is an awful lot of talk about Jesus in the church today, and not so much teaching about God the Father.  Could you comment on that?” my dear friend Christa asked, catching me off guard at Bible study last week.  …

Faith made sight.  John 4:46-53                                                              

This appears to be a matter-of-fact recounting of ho-hum storytelling, but…

What do YOU notice about this exchange? John 4.1-42

When Jesus knew that the Pharisees heard He was making and baptizing more disciples than John (though Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were), He left Judea and went again to Galilee. He…

Humility is a beautiful thing when we see it . . . especially when it would be the natural thing to react defensively.  Here again we see that John the Baptist never lost sight of his mission – he was here to point the way to Jesus, to make him great.  It was his purpose for being, all along the way, even when…

My acquaintance with Nicodemus goes back to when I was probably about four years old, when a Sunday School teacher taught by moving paper figures around on a flannel-graph board—two men, both Jewish, one old and gray, both with beards.  And that is just about how much I took it into my heart—paper on a flat board.  It was an important lesson—for…

So an old Jewish teacher goes to find the one they call Jesus . . . the one people are talking about around town . . . recently turned water into wine . . . captivating folks with his words.  Nicodemus goes at night, because he would probably be stripped of his high-powered position in the Sanhedrin if he was seen in the company of this rabbi from…