-our Exemplar- Jesus’ cousin, John, called the Baptizer, was an eleventh-hour miracle for the elderly priest Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth. His unusual name, the prophetic words spoken about him,…
-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…
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 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…
Saul, the Synagogue’s ‘bad boy’ and Judaism’s rising star, was fired up for a mission. His intent? Arrest, imprison and have killed, all members of the seditious new sect elevating…
With the greatest sense of urgency, Mark’s Gospel account was the first writing to introduce the reading world to an extraordinarily average-looking, exceedingly unpretentious, man, yet one who came bearing…
In the brief span of 3 ½ years, Jesus is tasked with the wildest of missions – to convey to an unsuspecting people, the height and depth and breadth of…
Jesus’ public ‘mission field’ was only about 3½ years. So very much to teach and to demonstrate in so very short a time! He spoke only the words of the…
As we imagine the disciples’ head-spinning days following the Resurrection, we can also picture the unaltered, laser focus of Jesus. Looking back at his previous interactions, teachings, and examples, one…
