by Susan Barnes | 9 Sep 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Mercy is the seventh article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. Jesus shows us the mercy of God. From the earliest chapters of Genesis, we see God’s mercy. “If you eat its fruit [from the tree of the knowledge of good...
by Susan Barnes | 19 Aug 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
The Beatitudes are the sixth article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. The Beatitudes are found in Jesus’ most well-known sermon, The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3-10). Blessed are the poor in spirit. I can’t...
by Susan Barnes | 29 Jul 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Faith is the fifth article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. Jesus performs his first miracle at a wedding where they had run out of wine. The miracle is in response to his mother’s faith in him and it’s the most surprising...
by Susan Barnes | 8 Jul 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Miracles is the fourth article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. Yancey writes about the “miracle of restraint” in his book, The Jesus I Never Knew. Yancey believes Jesus showed a lot of restraint when he was on earth as he...
by Susan Barnes | 3 Jun 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Religious groups is the third article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. In Jesus’ day, the main religious groups were the Pharisees, Sadducees, Zealots, Essenes and the Sanhedrin. Today, these groups are still alive and well...
by Susan Barnes | 13 May 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
The incarnation is the second article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. I find the non-Christian perspective on Christmas to be rather refreshing: “Do you really believe an angel appeared to some teenage girl who then...
by Susan Barnes | 22 Apr 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
On being ordinary is the first article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. “I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him. I didn’t know he was the one, but when God sent me to baptize with...
by Susan Barnes | 26 Feb 2024 | Book Reviews
Conrad Gempf begins his book, Jesus Asked, by pointing out how often Jesus asked questions. The remainder of the book focuses on the reasons why he asked questions when he could have taken more of a lecture approach and simply imparted spiritual information. While I...
