I was reading John 19 about Jesus and Pilate and followed a reference from a friend to Deut 25. Deut. 25:3 but he must not give him more than forty lashes. If he is flogged more than that, your brother will be degraded in your eyes. Punishment under Levitical law was not intended to degrade one person in the eyes of another. Rules...
read moreHere are some notes from John 11- v. 39, Jesus said “Take away the stone” – Moving a tombstone would have made a person unclean by the Mishna standards. there were Jewish leaders around that taught that very thing, so Jesus is...
read moreI just finished Prodigal God, by Timothy Keller, and it is very very good. I think it messed me up more than ever though concerning Jesus and grace! Here is the premise: In the so-called ‘parable of the prodigal son’ Jesus actually tells the story of two lost sons. One is lost because of his distance from the father in...
read more“Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle, and you are all astonished. Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath. Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you...
read moreJohn 6.3-5 Jesus is sitting w/ His disciples, away from the crowds, but He can see that the crowds are coming. He looks out over them and doesn’t ask “Should we feed these people?” but instead, “Where do we get their bread?” I love that. Jesus isn’t waiting for the people to come and beg. None of the people are actually...
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