Devotions

These last parables that Jesus is teaching the chief priests and the scribes and the elders in Jerusalem are easily understood and it is clear that Jesus is talking directly to them. When he finishes the parable of the two ...

Jesus approaches Jerusalem and stops at the Mount of Olives where he will stay for the next few days, He makes preparation to enter the city. This time, he will enter as the triumphal king fulfilling the prophecy from Zechariah, ...

The disciples are walking with Jesus toward Jerusalem. It is nearly time for him to give his life but they are talking about who will rule with him. They still have not understood that their role was to redeem lives, ...

We learn that Mary, who will anoint Jesus for burial, is the sister of Martha and their brother is Lazarus. We also find that there is a close personal tie as Lazarus is called “the one whom you love”. When ...

A rich young man comes to Jesus and bows before him, but Jesus rejects his flattery and then responds t his request, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Certainly eternal life is a worthy request, but his premise ...

Some believe that sick people are being punished because of their sin. And that is what the crowd assumed when they brought this man, blind from birth, to Jesus. It must have been sin by him or sin by his ...

The Pharisees continue to try to trap Jesus and bring a woman caught in adultery for him to condemn. But where is the man she was with? Where is the witness who according to their law would be the first ...

We all want immediate answers, we want justice in the world. Jesus reminds his disciples that judgement is coming. But he uses Noah and Lot as examples. Both lived in the midst of sinful people and it seemed there would ...

The Pharisees react with ridicule to Jesus example of the unrighteous manager. This man had discounted his masters promissory notes for his own gain. And in this example, this man is called shrewd, gaining “unrighteous wealth”. Then Jesus moves on ...

Jesus gets a question, “are there only a few who are saved?”. He has been teaching “he that has an ear”, “whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him” and as he heads to ...