First published August 10, 2010. I’ve been trying to decide how to write about Jesus washing the disciples’ feet. Years ago, I hinted at a feeling of entitlement among the disciples, just a moment of it. I think it was too much of a hint. So I’ll be less subtle. Confidence let Jesus be humble. Entitlement causes humbleness […]

Jesus taught a lot during the last week of his life, the part before the Crucifixion. Mark and Matthew and John and Luke all devote many column inches to this teaching. And most of them report on the responses. There seem to be two dominant themes: delight and destruction. The crowds, the people, the masses, […]