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John 13:1–11; John 15:1–10 Just in case you didn’t catch it before, John 13–17 is all during the Last Supper. It certainly does beat Moses’ Book of Deuteronomy in length. These chapters do, however, give us a deep insight into Jesus as his final hours…

John 3:11–21; John 12:44–50 There is an ongoing tension in being a follower of Jesus. The first is that Jesus came to save the world so that no one would perish. On the other hand, without a doubt, there is some sort of division of…

Jeremiah 1:4–10; Matthew 9:35–10:1; Romans 15:14–19 When confronted by a calling on our lives, often anything but, “yes,” will cross our lips first. This doesn’t mean, “yes” doesn’t come later. If you’re reading this, in some way you’ve already said, “yes.” The question then is,…

Jeremiah 27:1–11; Jeremiah 28:1–17; Matthew 11:28–30 One of the ongoing themes of contemporary Christianity is to look at stories such as Jeremiah, and say, “of course he’s God’s prophet!” Looking back it is obvious to us. We’ve had a lot of history since then. We…

Matthew 14:1–23 Jesus’ cousin and herald was dead. He was murdered. Why was he murdered? He called the powerful to account. Herod’s marriage to Herodias had some issues. Herod had visited Herodias while she was still married to Herod’s brother, Philip. They decided they like…