We’ve been doing a 30-day worship Journey with our guys small group and I just thought I’d try posting some of it. First we were supposed to read Psalm 100: Psalm 100 – A psalm. For giving thanks. 1 Shout for joy to the LORD, …
Read MoreDa Vinci Code Lies
Just thought I’d share some of the stuff I found and talked about at U-TURN. Jesus was NOT married to Mary Magdalene. Not even one of the 4 gospels makes any reference to this. And the interaction that you see between the two of them …
Read MoreDumpster Diving and 3 Hags
Quite a few of you guys told me that you really liked the “Hag Story” the other day. We were experimenting and actually recorded it. If you’d like to download the audio file and listen again sometime, here it is: Hag Story – An fun …
Read MorePalm Sunday
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 …
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