September 17th 2018

Stop Doubting and Believe

We continue our journey through every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.

We’re attempting to answer the question What exactly are Christians supposed to do? by looking at 50 commands straight from the mouth of Jesus.

Today’s command is rather straightforward:

Stop doubting and believe. (John 20:25)

What was the context of this command? Jesus had just risen from the dead and appeared to his disciples. All but Thomas, that is.

When the other disciples told Thomas they had seen Jesus, he said this:

August 24th 2018

Believe!

We continue our journey through every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.

We’re attempting to answer the question What exactly are Christians supposed to do? by looking at 50 commands straight from the mouth of Jesus.

Some religious folks came to Jesus with a question:

What must we do to do the works God requires?

Jesus’ answer cuts right to the very ♥ of everything:

June 19th 2018

Move Mountains

We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.

On Monday of his final week on this planet, Jesus cursed a fruitless fig tree. The next day, Jesus and his disciples walked past the same tree:

June 1st 2018

How to be a Disciple

We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.

In today’s passage, Jesus passes along several valuable lessons to his disciples:

May 1st 2018

Who Is Jesus?

We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.

Jesus’ brothers wanted to go to Judea to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. That celebration marked the occasion when the Israelites lived in temporary shelters after leaving Egypt and looked forward to the Messiah’s coming.

Jesus’ brothers asked him to come along. He had other plans:

April 24th 2018

Everything Is Possible For Those Who Believe

We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.

After the Transfiguration, Jesus, Peter, John and James came back down the mountain where they encountered the other disciples arguing with some religious experts in the midst of a crowd. Here’s what happened:

April 18th 2018

Sign of the Times

We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.

After Jesus sent the crowd away, he got into the boat with his disciples and went to an area called Magadan.

As others had done before, some Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven. Here’s how Jesus responded: