-our provision- From Old Testament Judaism governed by the Law of Moses, to the breaking in of the Kingdom in the person of Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God,…
The Father sent his Son on a mission of Divine Love. The Son victoriously and world-changingly completed his leg of the mission and returned home to his Father. With great…
- 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,…
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…
As the reality of Jesus being the long-awaited Messiah began to sink in, his disciples faced a new and challenging reality – Jesus voiced a deep desire to be close…
In Jesus’ day, Jews anticipated the arrival of a militant, conquering hero, aka Messiah, to restore the political entity, aka kingdom, to Israel. Jesus, the true Messiah, came to guide…
The Pentecost pyrotechnics in that upper room were the prelude, not the main event. They signaled the birthing of Jesus’ church and brought his disciples front and center in a…
PENTECOST SUNDAY The Pentecost Event was an incisive Kingdom invasion, with Jesus not waiting for the disciples to attain to a state of full readiness. It was clearly a ready-or-not…
For Jesus’ disciples, it wasn’t simply what they knew he could do that was a continual source of amazement, it was what he chose to do that kept them off…
The final week in Jerusalem with Jesus was palpably ominous with unnamed malice in the air. The Passover meal with him felt out of sync, wrenched from tradition, with more…