Ephesians 1:1-3 It is common for preachers to be a bit depressed on Sunday afternoons and Mondays. Google “post-preaching depression” and see why I say this. I know I often feel this way. A pastor from North Carolina in the US wrote on his blog: The funniest thing, and I’m hoping some preachers will really…
Colossians 1:15-20 The bronze snake Moses lifted up in the wilderness was used by Jesus to point to himself. (John 3:14–15) Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. When Jesus was asked…
Matthew 12:38-45 Four Rabbis met each week for theological discussions and one of the Rabbis always seemed to be on the losing side. Each week it was 3 to 1 and finally this Rabbi decided to appeal to a higher authority. “Oh, God!” he cried. “I know in my heart that I am right and…
John 13:1-17 (Introduction from article in Psychology Today by Robert Wilson) King George III asked Benjamin West, his American painter, what George Washington would do if he prevailed in the Revolutionary War. West replied, “He will return to his farm.” The British monarch incredulously said, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man…
John 12:1-8 One of the places Annie and I visited last year on our visit to the Republic of Ireland was Muckross House in Killarney. This is a beautiful estate located on the peninsula between Muckross Lake and Lough Leane, two of the Killarney lakes. The house, really a mansion, was completed in 1843 by…