Jesus must have shocked the Jews when he claimed he was the bread that came down from heaven (John 6, 44-51). They were used to the scripture regarding Moses performing the miracle of raining down manna from heaven in the wilderness to feed the people of Israel. But his claim that he was bread from [...]
Archive for April, 2010
I am the bread of life
Posted in Reflections on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do you love me?
Posted in Reflections on April 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Jesus asks Peter three times, “Do you love me?” Peter replies him three times, “You know Lord, I love you.” Commentators say in Greek Jesus uses the word for love agape two times and the word phileo the third time. Peter responds to Jesus three times with the word for love phileo. Agape, generally translated [...]
It is not about doing but being
Posted in Reflections on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
God’s love is unconditional. It is not deserved or earned. The more we think of this the more one can be excited about it. It is not about what we do but what God does. The very coming of Jesus was free. He offered eternal life for free. Those that thought they were climbing up [...]
Let us not worry about having more or less
Posted in Reflections on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Easter calls us to think of the spiritual dimension of reality. We get so locked into our material realities that we forget it is only temporary. Jesus multiplies five loaves of bread to feed 5,000. It defies our logic. That is our eternal. God provides only superabundance. But we have to go through wants and [...]
