“Jesus said, ‘As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.’ At the beginning of our Gospel reading today, Jesus utters these words; strange to Nicodemus then, and to us even now. These words point us to a very crucial point in which all believers must invest themselves. …” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
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Following Jesus’ path to his Cross
“As we come toward our observance of Lent, I am increasingly aware of the efforts by some who want to shed the introspective facet of the Christian life – the focus on the life of Jesus. Almost like the people of today are too busy; have too much on their minds to gain anything by following Jesus’ path to his Cross. And oddly enough, I can at least understand that reaction. God in Christ Jesus does take a bit of getting used to. The disciples certainly felt this way….” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
All Scripture Is Inspired By God
“As the Gospel opens up today, we see Jesus instructing the disciples in the art of persistence seamlessly joined to the subject of prayer. Kind of odd that the disciples would need a lesson in persistence and prayer at this stage of things. Now we may assume that only contemporary, and non-religious people would have problems with these things, but Jesus knew better…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!