INTRODUCTION ORIENTATION AND CONTEXT Significance of Text Love, honor, and devotion are all played out in an account in the Gospel of John spanning only eight verses. It begins in the first verse of chapter 12 as a dinner given in honor to Jesus. Lazarus is alive again and sits at table with Him, Martha… Continue reading Jesus’ Anointing at Bethany: an Exegesis of John 12:1-8
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From Tribulation to Pearl
I just finished reading a book whose main character knew how to cultivate pearls. The process was explained in the novel. This morning in the devotional I am reading, the writer talked about how oysters make pearls. Coincidence? A tiny irritant gets picked up by the oyster. The oyster secretes a serum which over time… Continue reading From Tribulation to Pearl
A Spiritual Scaffold
Many times we read our Bible in a hurry. Then, we get busy through the day and forget to meditate on it. Later, we wonder why we did not hear any new truths that day or why we feel so empty. I like what Calhoun says on page 173, "Just as moving a prism reveals… Continue reading A Spiritual Scaffold
Thoughts While Drinking My Coffee
Technology is great, until it isn't. Machines do a lot of cool things, until they don't do what we want. Sometimes, things work so well, we forget they can't think for themselves. And, yet, machines thinking for themselves is what we definitely do not want. Remember The Matrix? I spent most of my childhood hating… Continue reading Thoughts While Drinking My Coffee
Place of Peace
On this day 159 years ago, the Union army in Tennessee under Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was surprised by an attack at dawn by Confederates coming up from Corinth Mississippi. The battle took place near a church called Shiloh, which means place of peace. I don't know now why I decided to write a book… Continue reading Place of Peace
Happy New Year?
Are you glad 2020 is over? Do you feel different since the calendar changed to a new year? Have you made goals for 2021, or are you stuck in the thing you didn't finish from last year? "New Year, New You," the Bible app said. Meanwhile, some folks are just getting to celebrate Christmas with… Continue reading Happy New Year?
Perspective
Dinner could not get done soon enough for me. I was hungry. All I'd had for lunch was a few bites of ice cream. But, the hamburger was thawing from frozen, so my husband couldn't hurry it. If I had eaten something more substancial for lunch, I wouldn't have been so anxious. My husband wasn't… Continue reading Perspective
Shannon Wells 