Category: Life Notes

Life Notes—March 24, 2011 “A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink.’  The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?’  Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it … Continue reading The Wrong Question

Life Notes—March 17, 2011 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.  He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.”  … Continue reading Being Born Again

Life Notes—March 10, 2011  He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished.  The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”  But he answered, “It is written, ’One does not live by bread alone, but by every word … Continue reading Endings and Beginnings

Life Notes—March 3, 2011 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.  The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock.” … Continue reading Resilient Foundations

Life Notes—February 24, 2011 “Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart.”  1 Corinthians 4:5a  In third grade, my friend’s house (I’ll call him Luke) was between school and my home, so … Continue reading Harsh Judgments

Life Notes—February 17, 2011 “Do not deceive yourselves.  If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.  For it is written, ‘He catches the wise in their craftiness’, and again, ‘The Lord knows the … Continue reading The Foolishness of Christ

Life Notes—February 10, 2011 “And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.  Even now you are still not ready, for you are still of the flesh.  For so long as there is jealousy and quarrelling among you, are … Continue reading To Be or Not To Be (of the flesh)

Life Notes—February 3, 2011 “You are the light of the world.  A city built on a hill cannot be hid.  No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before others, … Continue reading Letting Your Light Shine

Life Notes—January 27, 2011 “…what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”  Micah 6:8b  There are about 2500 pages in my New Oxford Annotated Study Bible.  The prophet Micah was allotted nine of those pages, a fraction of 1% of the … Continue reading Simply Awesomely Simple

Life Notes—January 20, 2011 “Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day…because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.”  II Corinthians 4:16, 18  Regular readers … Continue reading Seeing Inside Out