You will see heaven opened

You will see heaven opened.  Under a fig tree.   That’s where Nathanael (Bartholomew) was when Jesus “saw” him.   What was he doing there?   Maybe eating lunch or thinking about his to-do list.   Maybe daydreaming.   Some have speculated that because it was...

How is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?

How is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?  Suppose you’re invited to a good friend’s wedding.   After the ceremony, you enter the reception hall and you notice another guest, his face unshaven, wearing blue jeans and a tattered T-shirt, greedily...

Am I not free to do as I wish with my own money?

Am I not free to do as I wish with my own money?  Imagine the following impossible scenario:  you walk into a car dealership and say, “I want to buy one of your cars, but I only have five dollars.”   Then the dealer hands you the keys to a brand-new Mercedes- Benz and...

A camel to pass through the eye of a needle

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.  Why do you think Jesus made such a strange, disquieting statement about the wealthy?   Did he disdain the prosperous and abhor their affluence?   No,...

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