Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

What is the Sign of Jonah? I have an idea. Lk11/29 In Luke 11:29 Jesus tell His generation that they are evil and that the sign of Jonah is being given to it.  Some say this is the three days in the belly, and it certainly is that. But what is the motivation behind the three days?  Listen and find out!

Be Like the Queen of Sheba Luke11:31 Jesus slams His contemporary generation as evil.  Then He pulls out an amazing lesson from one of the great curiosities of history: THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.  The woman ran a whole country.  She had 9000 POUNDS of gold to spare to give to Solomon as a hostess gift!  Sure beats a scented candle. She is admirable in many ways. He says she is going to be on the good sid...

Compassionate and pinkie powerful Luke 11:14 Why is there evil?  Sorry, not going to tell you today. What happens to Evil?  We will put that one to bed with His PINKIE. What happens to a guy who was caught up on the wrong team apparently against his will?  We find a compassionate, understanding, powerful Christ. Which team are you on?  Listen and do more than marveling. 

What if I am an EVIL PERSON? But don't I do some nice things? Wrestle with me about God's view of you.  Wrestle with me about YOUR view of you.   Is Man Basically GOOD?   We get two not perfect human examples of giving and receiving.   Unfortunately, the news is we are not perfect, even evil.  Yikes.  But we know how to give at least a little.  I wonder if there is something to learn the...

Asking us to impudently ask. Luke 11:8 The Lord is a giver.  We are not so much.  Today, we hear a story of a man who asks another man inconveniently, untimely, and immodestly.  And then we find his midnight friend respond.  And much more so God. He asks us to cross the line a bit into boldness, persistence and maybe break some rules.  He asks us to : Ask for what only He can give Help us find wha...

Good Trials. Evil Temptation. Protecting Lord Lk11 We are a people under difficulty.  Some of it is for our holiness.  That is called a trial or a test.  But too, we a people tempted by evil.  The former is for our GOOD.  The later is for our DESTRUCTION..  Both are hard and the Lord knows it.  Today's part of the Lord's prayer addresses them both.   If you have a trial for your good; or...

David's heart STRUCK him 2 Sam 24:10 Travel with us as we journey to a critical moment of life.  Before we ASK forgiveness, we need to FIND the problem.  We can ask those around us, but this never happens.  Then we have to rely on this process best described by David.   His heart STRUCK him.  This is a trip to the core.  Listen and be struck.

More LOATHING in the Lords Prayer. Ezek 36:31 We all love Ezekiel 36:26.  And I will give you a new heart and a new spirit I will put within you.  And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.  And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statues and be careful to obey my rules.   But then what?  What does a Spirit filled Christian look lik...

Forgiving Others. Demonstrating you get it. Lk11.3 For some this will be the hardest meditation of all time.  Yet, it is a marker of a believing person and bigger, the mark of a believing people.   Who do you know that demonstrates this well? Who might you intercede for today that needs a little help here?  Who do you need to fix relationship with?   Listen and consider this reminder from Jesus.

I owe you. Forgive us our debt. Luke 11:4 Today is a doosey.  Forgiveness.  What the world needs now.  The critical ingredient in all ongoing relationships: friendships, marriage, church, and of course our position with God.  Yikes and double-Yikes. Luke 11: 4 Think with me today about how the Lord teaches us to position ourselves; to view ourselves and to speak about ourselves. Practically we wil...

Jerome of Prague. Daily Bread Hebrews 11:35 Give us this day our daily bread.  Give me what I need for this day, no matter what it is.  Give me the strength and courage and wisdom and food and provision and patience and forgiveness sufficient for the day. Today we will remember some heroes of the faith that faced the biggest of big days.  We will highlight Jerome of Prague who had 15 months to thi...

Give Us Today our Daily Bread and Leash Luke 11:3 Give us today our daily bread, and discipline for today, and kindness for today, and obedience for today, and wisdom for today, and correction for today, and ministry for today, and love for today.   You get the picture.  We ask today because we are going to need it today.  May we keep short accounts with God, and He with us. That's the Leash...

We ask that Your Kingdom Come over...Luke 24:2 We awaken to a world that is disordered.  To a heart that yields to the wrong thing.  To hands that put themselves at odds with the Lord.  He knows all of that and has taught us a way out. Join me as I lead our viral community asking the Lord that the borders of His Kingdom would expand over things He brings to our minds.  

It's all RED Lettered! Jer 6:16 On the road to Emmaus in Luke 24, Jesus claims the OT for Himself.  He says that all the shadows point to Himself, and that "You can do better!".  In Luke 24, we find out how much of the Old testament is "Red-Lettered". Q:  What % of your bible is "red-Lettered"? A:  _ _ _ of it.

Soul-In-Chair Time Luke 24:32 u can do BETTER We actually Get to Emmaus today and the Two followers of Jesus actually recognize them. We get a conclusion to the rebuke of Jesus in basically: "You can do BETTER".  You can do better with the Scriptures.  You can not just Have the Scriptures, but consider them with Soul-In-Chair time.

Just Having the Bible isn't enough. Luke 24:27 Still on the Road to Emmaus.  We are exploring Jane Day's comment from yesterday a bit more.  Jesus rebukes but then explains, clarifies and makes understandable the Old Testament.  It was about Himself!.  Jesus is the subject of the Old Testament.  This was a "sermon" that I'd like to hear someday. In the meantime, this PODCA...

Slow of heart. Sad on Sunday. Luke 24:13 Emmaus Despite a whole lot of current information about Jesus' resurrection, the women, the angels, the disciples, this is NOT the reason for Jesus' rebuke.  This, on Easter Sunday, we find two in the know kind of guys rebuked for being SLOW of Heart.   Listen and hear about two guys who are Sad on Easter Sunday, despite hearing every inch of the...

He is Risen. He's Got This. What about Death? Easter Sunday.  Day 29 of contagion and thousands of, that's right, deaths.   Today's message CHANGES EVERYTHING. He is Risen.  I believe!

Watch to Awe to Belief. Centurion Mt 27:50 Holy Saturday.  We will look at the moments just after Jesus' death while still on Golgatha.  As so often in scripture:  the most unexpected response from the most unexpected person.  

Most difficult day to be Christian. What about Sin It is "good" Friday.   But what is the bad news?  Why SO MUCH suffering?  Couldn't there be just a medium amount?   What is so grievously important that it cannot be overlooked. Listen to the most grievous PODCAST of the year. We are all POOR COMERS to this day.  It is so very difficult to call oneself a Christian on this day.   Q: ...

24 hours. Better than Jesus?!! Maundy Thursday There is more action, teaching and trauma in this 24 period than any other that I can think of.  Nothing like it has ever happened in human history.   Jack Bauer has NOTHING on the next 24 hours of Jesus.  In all of this, Jesus stopped me in my tracks with a statement given to his sorrowful disciples.  Listen and find out what it was.

T he Big Gulp. Cocking the Trigger. Weds. Mt26:1 Today is Wednesday of the Great Week.  Jesus' last "normal" day.  His last sleep.  Everything is getting ready.  The Disciples are warned that a crucifixion is coming.  Judas gets his betrayal ready.  The Jewish leaders finalize their plan.   There is no blood...but it is coming there is no betrayal...but it is coming There is no cruc...

You are NOT FAR from the Kingdom Listen as your knuckleheaded teacher tries to summarize a day that is known as Great and Holy Tuesday because of Jesus' extensive teaching.  On this day of the Great Week there are 5 ½ chapters in Matthew, and 3 in Mark. This passage in Mark 12 is a treasure.  We find a knowledgable yet teachable man who tells Jesus "You're RIGHT" and then goes...

Monday of the GREAT WEEK The GREAT WEEK has started.  We will catch up today to MONDAY as we follow the places and the times of the great teaching, from the Greatest Teacher, of the GREATEST WEEK of human history.  Our official Scripture is from John 12:20. We find a unique moment where Jesus has a verbal word from the Father as he looks toward some suffering that is ahead.  Perhaps there is a tho...

Our not ½ Father! Luke 11 and Hebrews 10:24-25 How'd you do watching for the HONOR of Jesus' name yesterday? Today we address the lack and LONGING for FATHER, just like the great new movie ONWARD by Pixar/Disney. The ½ father concept is a hilarious sight gag that the movie exploits wonderfully.  Available on Disney + and Apple.   Also we catch God's heart about DOING THIS TOGETHER f...