Monthly Archives: March 2012

I want to be satisfied. I think that’s a good place to be. It is also consistent with scripture. Whether it is what we’ve been reading in the Old Testament or the New Testament, we are promised a place in … Continue reading →

What do you do when the strong person in your life suddenly becomes weak? I’m not sure I can even imagine what the disciples felt as they watched Jesus being taken away. He had always been ready with a word … Continue reading →

What’s coming in the future? Jesus shares some very confusing and disturbing news about the future. There will be distruction (and in 70 AD, Roman will destroy Israel, killing everyone it can) and persecution (a generation later, Roman will torture … Continue reading →

What does it mean to be “not far from” something? In the reading from Deuteronomy, we have a review of history that was covered in earlier books. Moses and the people come to the edge of the Promised Land. They … Continue reading →

I wonder how long it took for the disciples to see the message in the healing of Bartimaeus. The blind man sees. I’m a lot like the disciples. It takes me a while to recognize what should have been obvious … Continue reading →

Understandings change. Or another way to say this – we grow in our understanding. It may not be that we change our mind about something but we understand in a way we did not understand. Numbers 30 describes vows – … Continue reading →

Sacrifice. These chapters in Numbers indicate that sacrifice was part of daily life. A sacrifice was the best that someone had to give, and as I read the descriptions it must not have been easy to give up what was … Continue reading →