A challenging passage At the time, the disciples weren’t concerned about why Jesus was killing a tree; they were stunned that he could make a tree die. Though we are familiar with Roundup, we would be stunned, too.  In response, Jesus invites the disciples to believe that their words, with God’s affirmation, do things. Sometimes […]

We’ve been walking through Matthew 21 for the past week or so. I mentioned once that Jesus was quoting from the Bible as it was then even as he was living what would become the next part of the Bible. (Said less confusingly, he was quoting what we know as the Old Testament while he […]

The leaders asked Jesus a simple question. “Who told you that you could do these things?” It was, I suppose, a valid question. They were the leaders. They were the religious authorities. They were in charge of geography and theology, of temple and interpretations. That they would ask is not surprising. Except that their question […]

A review of this week’s posts. Sometimes there is more than we know Wondering is okay. Going is more important. What these two followers discovered, after everything was done, was that they had been part of fulfilling a prophecy made centuries earlier. Just by getting a couple donkeys. Just by doing what Jesus told them […]