Jesus – Page 8 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Jesus Wept – John 11:17-37

TheConversation.com talks about what ancient European and other cultures can teach us about death and mourning. Death used to be handled in the home with grief expressed openly, often performed with

Walk in the Day – John 11:1-16

Jesus’ disciples believed that sleep was a sign of healing, and so was good for their friend Lazarus. They couldn’t be more right. According to Healthline.com some of the benefits of deep sleep

I and the Father Are One – John 10:19-42

Jesus tells a parable in Matthew (Matthew 18:12–14) and Luke (Luke 15:3–7) about one sheep among a flock of 100 who wanders away and is lost, and how that shepherd goes in search of that lost sheep

The Good Shepherd and the Door – John 10:1-18

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) have produced several video depictions of Biblical passages, and they have one on Jesus’ discourse on the Good Shepherd. They don’t

Your Sin Remains – John 9:13-41

When I was a kid our family acquired a miniature French poodle, which we appropriately named Paco. He was a great dog, but he occasionally failed to do his business outside. Here was the deal: Whoever

I Can See Again – John 9:1-12

Premature babies are particularly susceptible to blindness. According to Healthline.com they can experience “retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), which occurs in premature babies when the blood vessels

I Am – John 8:48-59

Britannica.com has a fairly decent article on the name of Yahweh, “the god of the Israelites, whose name was revealed to Moses as four Hebrew consonants (YHWH) called the tetragrammaton.”

Your Father – John 8:31-47

Ayn Rands’ book, Atlas Shrugged, is known for its rambling moralism, but one passage attracts my interest: People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a

Big Claims – John 8:12-30

247WallSt.com lists the 43 most outrageous product claims of all time. They include the 5-Hour Energy drink’s claim that it was better than coffee and recommended by doctors (had to pay $4.3 million),

Caught – John 7:53-8:11

The Scarlet Letter is a classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850, about a woman who conceives a child out of wedlock and her punishment is to wear a scarlet letter ‘A’ for adultery

Water – John 7:25-52

There is a nice little article by a Messianic Jew, Aaron Eby, on the Feast of Tabernacles, where he mentions, as have many commentators, that a part of the feast was the pouring out of water from the pool

Teaching Not Mine – John 7:14-24

Was Jesus formally trained? We’ll see in this passage that he wasn’t. But commentators have noted that Jewish apologists have claimed he must have been so trained and even name a particular

Hated – John 7:1-13

“Sukkot, commonly called the Feast of Tabernacles or in some translations the Festival of Shelters, and known also as the Feast of Ingathering, is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th

Super Food – John 6:41-71

“Nutritionally speaking, there is no such thing as a superfood.” That’s how the Healthline article on 16 Superfoods That Are Worthy of the Title starts. “The food industry bestows

Bread of Life – John 6:28-40

There have been many explanations given as to what the manna was that God provided Israel during their forty years in the wilderness. The crowd following Jesus since he multiplied the bread and fish

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