We’re working our way through John 12 this week. John’s been building tension into the story. And in today’s passage, John 12:20-36, Jesus seems a little overwhelmed. Some people in town (Jerusalem) for the big religious festival want to see Jesus. Makes sense. He’s one of the tourist attractions, one of the controversial and popular […]

(First published July 24, 2013) I know. Through his nose. Unless he had a cold or allergies, in which case he breathed through his mouth. The question occurred to me as I was reading Dallas Willard’s The Spirit of the Disciplines. He said that the reason we struggle to understand Jesus’s statement that his yoke […]

(This is a continuation of Effective Equipper) To understand how to live, I sometimes look at how Jesus lived. I understand that there are differences between the first century and this afternoon. I understand, for example, that coffee hadn’t been invented then.  But if I want to help people or teach people or learn about […]