Mission completed. Day 40 of 40 arrived. No more time together. No more face-to-face teaching. No more familiar fellowship. It was another chilling ending, another scary beginning. Following Jesus now…
- over death – Man was created by God as an eternal being. The tragic disobedience in the Garden of Eden is described in James 1:15: ‘desire conceives sin, and…
- over demons - Jesus introed his words of commissioning with: ‘All the authority of the universe has been given to me.’ He then proceeded, with the fullest confidence, to…
- over sickness - As Jesus’ resurrection continued to rattle the timid souls of his disciples, they were each obliged to revisit, in their minds, the many mystifying things they’d…
- over nature - With his death and resurrection, Jesus had unquestionably given proof to the disciples of his divine mastery. During the following 40 days, surreal though they were,…
- over temptation - During the 40 days following his Resurrection, Jesus revisited his teachings so his disciples would more clearly know him and love him and believe him. They…
(The God Who Sees) Jesus submitted himself to the ultimate test. An enormous stone shut him away from the land of the living, but he burst out of the tomb…
God’s love, grace, and mercy were fully manifested in the person and ministry of Jesus. Plan ‘A’ was on startling display in His Son and was causing cheering, confusion and…
God’s Plan ‘A’ included Jesus’ powerful demonstration that, not only was there resurrection after death but that he was ‘the’ Resurrection. Because one of the Jewish religious groups, the Sadducees,…
Jesus’ work was authored and directed by his Father. It led him into an indirect, although strategic, confrontation with the Pharisees by way of a miraculous healing of the eyes…
Jesus’ work involved not just a spring dusting of the temple, but a deep clean, a full revelation of God’s unthwartable plan for Israel, his people. This included challenging some…
Jesus was, from birth, fully God, fully man (the theological term of the phenomenon is a fancy-sounding term, Hypostatic Union, meaning in simple English, two natures, one person). As an…