Category: 2024
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Day 317: Jesus or Barabbas? (John 18:40)
Pilate offered Israel a choice between two sons: Barabbas, the violent son of a human father, and Jesus, the suffering Son of the Heavenly Father. The crowd chose Barabbas—and we’ve been choosing him ever since.
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Day 313: In Praise of Saint Incognita (Mark 14:9)
Through the Bible: Matthew 26, Mark 14
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Day 302: The Other Time Jesus Got Mad (John 11)
Most people remember Jesus cleansing the temple as the one time He got angry. But in John 11, Jesus’ anger burns again—this time, not against people, but against death itself. When He stood at Lazarus’s tomb, He “snorted with anger,” confronting the Great Interrupter that had marred His Father’s perfect design.
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Day 298: Seventy Two Others (Luke 10)
When Jesus sent out seventy-two followers, He wasn’t just multiplying His ministry—He was signaling that the gospel was meant for the whole world. Jesus still rejoices when ordinary people join Him in kingdom work.
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Day 296: The “Problem” of John 8:1-11
Many readers are startled to see a warning in their Bibles that the story of the woman caught in adultery isn’t in the earliest manuscripts. Does that mean it didn’t happen? In this post, James explores why this beloved passage moves around the manuscripts—and why its “interruption” may be exactly where it belongs.
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Day 292: The Five and the Four (Matthew 15:32-39)
Two feedings. Two crowds. Two sides of the lake. The numbers aren’t random—they reveal the heart of a Savior who came for Jew and Gentile alike. And at the center of it all stands one missing loaf.