Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

Point #1: You don't have much time. This is no time to be yawning. Point #2: Meantime, you are being HUNTED. Darkness is trying actively to overtake you. You have threats being arrayed against you. The charge from Jesus, less than a week before His death is: Believe in the light. Believe in Him. Then, walk like you mean it. Listen. Subscribe. Whatever it takes. https://youtu.be/aaQ7R2LYAII

Notice with me the principles from John 12 the first thing I notice is Jesus' HUMANITY the second thing I notice is Jesus' UNITY with the Father the third thing I notice is Jesus' PURPOSEFULNESS Finally, I notice His gentle invitation. along the way, when God decides to exert this power, Satan and evil will obey. Listen please for 7 minutes to see if you notice too.  https://youtu.b...

Jesus drops 3 truth bombs on some curious gentiles: 1. Maximal fruitfulness is CONDITIONED upon death & death determines fruitfulness 2. If you KISS the next world, it changes everything about THIS World 3. Making yourself nothing for Him makes you the most pleasing to Him We might take these truths to heart.  For taking more to heart listen 7 minutes and subscribe to the YouTube channel. http...

Jesus is going to have a salvation party. The question is: "Who is invited"? Today, as has been true throughout spiritual history, we find that the Gentiles, aka "greeks", are invited to this party along with His favorites, the Jews.  Fortunately, Jesus “speaks Greek” because He “SEEKS Greek” These Greeks were seeking Jesus because Jesus was seeking them. Join me for a 7 minute...

Everybody loves the popular, powerful and successful Jesus. They are singing songs and imprinting their preferences on Jesus.  The problem with this great support is that it is a mile wide but only an inch deep. Jesus will continue to show this same crowd who He really is over the next week.  There will be sacrifice, teaching, suffering, love, death and a resurrection, all within the confines of o...

The great irony of Lazarus being raised from the dead is that he then gets to live and die a second time.  His new life is still fragile and wonderful. He acts as a beacon to Jesus' power, so Lazarus gets put on the Pharisee's KILL LIST.  Life is precious.  Invest 7 minutes of it here. https://youtu.be/v5-HDFHD_40

Worship should be wildly committed, radically positioned in the human experience, public, costly and urgent. With a great nod to SNL's year 2000 skit, worship is to give Jesus MORE COWBELL. Join me for 7 minutes to watch exactly that happen in our story from John 12. Watch Mary give Jesus MORE COWBELL. Subscribe for more cowbell tomorrow. https://youtu.be/la7fa3S16_I

If you knew a friend were to die in a week or so, would you throw a dinner party? That's what Mary, Martha and Lazarus did. They responded to the call of their day: "What might I do on the day that I know I have Jesus?"  Jesus told them plainly that they would not have all days to do so. Similarly, we won't always have the luxury of the spiritual time to receive Him kindly into...

The nasty Caiaphas speaks words about Jesus that are truer than he knows: it is better that 1 should die than the whole nation (and the whole world) should perish. This describes Jesus' mission in a nutshell.  He is here to rescue by paying a penalty for sin, and then conquering death as a bonus.  We are soon entering THE GREAT WEEK, the last week of Jesus' life.  You'll want to SUB...

The resurrection of Jesus is the singular core belief of Christianity.  If you don't believe in the resurrection, I cannot see how you could be a Christian. It is so important, that Jesus gives us a BETA version of resurrection to help get us started. This is the resurrection of Lazarus. Let's get our heads around the resurrection of Lazarus.  It will help us understand the resurrection...

When Jesus tells death to do something, death faithfully obeys. Death is loyal to the commands of God. When God speaks authoritatively Death answers faithfully. I hope that we can at least be as good examples as death itself.  Listen and subscribe  https://youtu.be/lJKJqYrQ7KA

Borrowing from Julius Caesar, "I came, I saw, I conquered" Jesus does that over death, but first He weeps . Jesus weeps because He loves people.  Every person who has ever lived has felt the sting of death. Jesus weeps because He loves the cross. At least, He knows He will embrace the suffering and humiliation of the cross to get to the conquering part. Write this down: He is made like u...

"The Teacher is here and is calling for YOU." Mary hears that Jesus is calling for her specifically. Everyone who comes to belief has that exact, specific, individual call. Yes, Jesus comes to save "The World", but He does so one at a time. He does it specifically and personally. If N is the kingdom, it grows by N + 1.  Perhaps YOU are the +1 today. If not, subscribe to the You...

The first diamond Martha gets is Jesus' revelation of Himself: I am the resurrection and the life. The second diamond Martha gets is her invitation to participate in Diamond #1 by belief. This is the associative Christianity that we get to enjoy. Jesus flat out challenges her: do you believe this? And how about you, dear listener? DO YOU BELIEVE THIS? If so, come back tomorrow DO YOU BELIEVE...

Jesus demonstrates how much He loves Martha, and women, and humanity by the treasure that He gives her. He could have given it to a king, or His disciples or the Elon Musk of the day. Yet, He chose to give it to Martha. Martha gets the biggest diamond.  Fortunately, she shares it with us today. Please listen, and especially subscribe and like.  https://youtu.be/FQY66yFRXYg

Jesus has some stuff to show His followers. Here, He PROVES His power over death. It is important.  It needs to be a settled issue. We will call upon this same topic when Jesus Himself rises from the dead. We will call upon this settled issue when our family members die in the faith.  Finally, we will need this reality when we ourselves die in this world.  Welcome to the amazing story of Lazarus r...

Scripture makes an audacious claim about itself: Scripture cannot be broken. There is a flawless internal consistency of the Bible that despite being penned by dozens of authors, (40), over thousands of years, it maintains a coherent and unified message from the first page to the last.  It is why this podcast can move between book and testaments and types of literature and stay on theme. This is o...

We are  UNSNATCHABLE Not because of our awesome SHEEP STRENGTH. We are UNSNATCHABLE because of our association, and position Under the Shepherd of the Sheep. Let's ENJOY that unsnatchable position. https://youtu.be/_R72K7yWCrE

If this podcast is no different than the rest of your media input, DON'T LISTEN . However, if it faithfully and accurately brings you what God says about Himself, you might benefit by listening regularly.  Your question should be, "Is my attention here worth 0.5 % of my day?" This is for the committed and the curious . It is for the church - goer and the one who has gone - far from...

Listen today to The looming Cross:          The cross looms, the willingness for it looms over the trinity          The Cross looms, the CENTRALITY of it looms over the gospel         The cross looms, the necessity for it, looms over humanity. Though it is not specifically mentioned, it is effecting everything. https://youtu.be/yF7F8JhnNCc

The quality of the sheepfold is dependent upon the quality of the Shepherd. The character of the flock is ultimately determined          By the character of the Shepherd. Excellence of the experience of being a sheep correlates directly with          The EXCELLENCE of the Shepherd Himself. He is the Good Shepherd.  Let's also not forget to ask: How am I doing at being a good sheep? https://yo...

Join me for 7 minutes to ponder the PROSPERITY Gospel. Specifically we'll explore what abundant life in God is all about.  He certainly wants us to prosper in a very specific way. Subscribe if it prospers you. There will be more tomorrow, Lord willing.  https://youtu.be/tpJfPqS-CKQ

What are doors for? Why does Jesus describe, with great intent, Himself as a DOOR? We should be Burdened by it; and Bounded by the truth of it.  It is a door of necessity: He is the "gotta go thru"  door. The Door is by it’s nature an invitation Hope youre inticed, curious, eager, willing. He’s the door.  Get going. https://youtu.be/LQNL-rbraJI

Jesus declares Himself as the Door.  It is a door of necessity , for there is but one way. It is a door to some pretty good stuff: It is the pathway to the Place where the  PEOPLE of the Shepherd are gathered into  place of the Shepherd via the  PASSAGEWAY of the Shepherd to be with the  Person of the Shepherd under the  protection of the Shepherd. Join me there today and tomorrow if you like and...

When it comes down to the most important part of getting your sight for the first time, we find the previously blind man ready , inclined towards belief. He has been prepared and leans in as soon as he has opportunity. For others, wild horses couldn't have dragged them into belief! They were, to their shame, disinclined to belief.  They serve as our cautionary tale. Watch 7 minutes to assess...