Living Bread
For Sunday, August 16, 2015 – John 6:51-58 Grain products comprised a majority of the food consumed in Jesus’ time. Bread alone provided from 50 to 70 percent of an ordinary person’s daily calories and was the staple food at every meal, such a vital part of life that the word could be used interchangeably […]
The Bread of God
For Sunday, August 9, 2015 – John 6:35, 41-51 Some lessons are harder than others to convey and to learn. Jesus confounds many of his listeners when he tells them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” Is he […]
Following Jesus
For Sunday, August 2, 2015 – John 6:24-35 The crowds are so impressed with Jesus that they want to take him by force and make him their king. Isn’t this a hopeful sign, that they are deepening their understanding of who he is and want his leadership and wisdom? Jesus doesn’t think so. After escaping […]
Success and Popularity
For Sunday, July 26, 2015 – John 6:1-21 At this point in Jesus’ ministry he faces the twin problems of success and popularity. Problems? Many of us feel we could do with a little more of each. Isn’t greater success proof that we are accomplishing more? Doesn’t popularity mean greater influence? With these kinds of “problems,” we imagine beginning to […]
