Jesus would rather not even go to Jerusalem. It was chaos. He much preferred more normal places with more normal people. He left more of His grace in those places than He did in the bigger cities. Actually, other than fulfilling the cultural necessity of attending Jewish festivals and events, Jesus largely ignored Jerusalem. He…
How We Defeat ISIS
You know, I totally get it. I know why people aren’t that engaged in caring for the Christians — and others — whose lives are being threatened by ISIS. It’s not that they don’t care about them, it’s that they don’t care for them, and the reason why is because it’s hard to invest your…
The God With Dirty Hands
Jesus: The King of Kings and Lover of Lepers The way Jesus Himself interacted with leprosy victims is a great illustration of God’s compassion for us. Jesus lived in a highly superstitious time, when most people believed that leprosy was the result of a curse or of some incorrigible and hidden sin — not unlike modern Eastern religious systems that…
Dirty God: Jesus with the Lepers
The Bible teaches us that God “demonstrates his own love for us” (Rom. 5:8) in how he came to us in Jesus. He didn’t expect us to climb up to him. He climbed down to us. He got his hands dirty so that we could have our hearts cleaned. And by that example, he taught…