As we approach the celebration of Easter, I have been thinking about what we find in the Gospels that lead up to Jesus' death and resurrection. Those moments in His ministry are some of the most defining and most memorable. But there are a few other Gospel...
I recently presented a simple challenge to attendees in a "Reading Scripture" class. This was what I asked them to do: Please read the following sentence and count the number of "f" in the sentence. Here's the sentence, and you are invited to do the same (before...
Why did Jesus ask, “Have you never read?” (See, for example, Matthew 12:3; 5; 19:4; 21:16, 42; 22:31.) When He asked that question, typically He was speaking to someone raised in the Jewish community. Sometimes He was even addressing a Jewish leader. Every week,...
