Palm Sunday is the day that we celebrate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem the week prior to His crucifixion and resurrection. Anyway, here’s what I learned about the culture of this whole event:
Read MoreThe Soreq Wall
I’m always learning something new. I learned this one from www.followtherabbi.com. Anyway, here it is: I always wondered about the time when Jesus got mad and threw the money changers out of the temple. (Matthew 21, Luke 19, Mark 11) I wondered why everybody thought …
Read MoreThe Gates of Hell
In Matthew 16, Jesus told Peter, “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it” Now, I have read this quite a few times, but just learned something. The place where Jesus spoke …
Read MoreBread of Life
The miracles of Jesus feeding the 5,000 and the 4,000 are interesting. My new insight is this: The first miracle – Matthew 14:13-21 – takes place in what the Jews called the “land of the twelve.” (The place where devout Jews from the 12 tribes …
Read MoreCarpenter?
I don’t know about you – but I’ve grown up knowing Jesus as a carpenter. I’ve even seen the bumper sticker – “My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter!” Today I read that the word translated “carpenter” in the new testament is actually “tekton” which means …
Read MoreBoanthropy
No Joke – I just found out today that there is a real disease called “Boanthropy” where someone thinks they are a cow. Someone suffering from this disease actually lives like a cow – they stay outside all the time, eat grass, and drink from …
Read MoreJewish Wedding Lessons
I heard a guy (Dan Kimball who wrote “The Emerging Church” – www.vintagefaith.com ) talk the other day about what a Jewish Wedding back in Jesus’ day was like. He related the Jewish customs to our relationship with Christ as the groom. We are the …
Read MoreGospel of John
I wrote up some notes on the Gospel of John for a series I was teaching our youth. It was a powerful study for me and so I’ve included these notes in case anyone else wants to check out what I learned. We only did …
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