Last Wishes

(Read John 17) In Scripture, we have only a few examples of Jesus’ prayer life.  Even Jesus had his private moments, when he laid his heart bare before God (see Hebrews 4:7).  That is why this passage is so precious.  We finally get a peek into his personal desires as expressed in prayer before his […]

It Matters (Matthew 25)

Jesus is within a few days of a death he has faced for months, perhaps years.  He knows when and how he will die.  He has a sense of the soon-to-come event as he shares two parables and an allegory with his disciples.  Speaking privately (see Matthew 24:3) and urgently, He wants his closest followers […]