Category Archives: Jesus

“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in the vineyard.’ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. Then … Continue reading →

Many of you have heard I got a great report from the doctor Tuesday. One year after a stem cell transplant, blood and bone marrow show no sign of cancer. We praise God and thank you again for so many … Continue reading →

One of my students wrote: “I want to learn to be closer to God in my everyday life.” An unknown author wrote a similar desire in an old spiritual: “Just a closer walk with Thee, Grant it, Jesus, is my … Continue reading →

What hinders us from getting close to Jesus? My friend Harry, who has lived with his wife Dagmar in Jerusalem over twenty years, recently shared lesser-known details of the story of the woman in Mark 5 who fought through the … Continue reading →

On my first day of teaching this school year I asked each student to write what he or she would like to gain in Bible class the remaining weeks of the semester. The overwhelming majority of answers had something to … Continue reading →