In Mark 15, as Jesus stands before Pilate, the Roman leader asks him: Are you the king of the Jews? Jesus' answer is sparse, cryptic, and not really an answer -- or at least, not the answer Pilate was looking for: You say so, read some versions. You have said it, reads another. It is…
Where do we most clearly see God?
In his most recent sermon, John Ortberg says: We worship God at the manger. We rejoice with God at the empty tomb. But we encounter God at the cross. In other words, the place we most clearly see who God is, what God is about, what kind of God we have is to look at the cross.…
On Seeing Clearly
There's a strange passage in the Bible that is hard to figure out. It's hard because it looks like Jesus needs two takes to take a man from blindness to full sight. In Mark 8, some people bring a blind man to Jesus. He proceeds to spit into his eyes, and then asks him what…
Gulping Grace 