Jesus – Page 11 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Servant and Friend – Isaiah 41:8-10

Can a servant truly be your friend? Can you make your friend a servant? For God, the answer is yes. I’m sure humans have experienced it also. Queen Victoria had a servant from India who became

It Isn’t Good – Isaiah 41:1–7

As a kid I used to like playing the board game Stratego. Two players, each with an army of multiple specialists (spies, miners, etc.) went to war with each other. The best strategy won. Yahweh says

The Only Sin Eater – Isaiah 25:1-8

My wife and I read a book by Francine Rivers called The Last Sin Eater. The practice of sin eating involves one person in the community eating food onto which the sins of a deceased person have been

Peaceable Kingdom – Isaiah 11:1-9

It is such a famous painting! Worcesterart.com gives this description of the painter and the meaning of the painting: “Hicks painted over a hundred versions of his now-famous Peaceable Kingdom between

Light Is Coming – Isaiah 9:1-7

I was 12 years old and in the belly of Carlsbad Caverns. The tour guide wanted us to “see” how dark it was down there. When he turned off the lights it was the darkest, blackest, scariest night

The Work of Ministry – Ephesians 4:7-16

I recently saw a short video explaining the irreducible complexity of the cell. Each cell has so many working parts that are essential to its existence and functioning that they could not have developed

One Holy Temple – Ephesians 2:11-22

The United States has a sad history of exclusion. President Arthur signed into law the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, which suspended Chinese immigration to America and made Chinese people ineligible for

Enlightened Hearts – Ephesians 1:15-23

At one time in my life Jesus was no more than a curiosity and most of the time someone I only thought about in church on Sundays, and that not very deeply. I was sixteen years old when I realized the error

Redemption and Inheritance – Ephesians 1:7-12

A colleague was telling me how one day when she was having a bad time of things she snapped at her 9 year old daughter and later had to come back to her and tell her she was sorry, that she was having

Reasonable Faith – Matthew 28:11-15

The case for the historical resurrection of Jesus is a strong one. Several books have been written making the case. Three stand out. The Resurrection of the Son of God, by N. T. Wright, The Resurrection

Feet – Matthew 28:1-10

Feet in Israel got dirty. The common foot attire was sandals and the dusty unpaved roads made for dirty feet. And so it was common to wash one’s feet often, especially upon entering a house, and

Humiliation That Saves – Matthew 27:27-44

I was reading an article in Psychology Today about humiliation. The author was noting that “humiliation is something that is brought upon us by others. Tommy confides to his teacher that he has not

Extravagant Worship – Matthew 26:1-13

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/ By Randall Johnson

I love the picture of king David dancing before the Lord as he led the procession of the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:16). It was extravagant worship. Darlene Zschech, pastor of Hope

Charitable Giving – 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

A November 2013 poll called Connected to Give found that, “The more important religion is to a person, the more likely that person is to give to a charity of any kind, among Americans who claim

Workarounds – Matthew 23:16-24

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/ By Randall Johnson

I like this Wikipedia explanation of a workaround: “A workaround is a bypass of a recognized problem or limitation in a system. A workaround is typically a temporary fix that implies that a genuine

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