Category: Life Notes

Life Notes—April 21, 2011 The next day…the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, “Sir, we remember what that imposter said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’  Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day…”   Matthew 27:62-64a  I played in rock bands … Continue reading Plagued by Pixies

Life Notes—April 14, 2011 “The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David!  Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!  Hosanna in the highest heaven!’”  Matthew 21:9  As Jesus made his entry into Jerusalem on what was to be the final … Continue reading Confusing Terminology

Life Notes—April 7, 2011 “The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.  And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.”  … Continue reading Beautiful and Abundant

Life Notes—March 31, 2011 “For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light.  Live as children of light—for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.  Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.  Take no part in the unfruitful works … Continue reading Unpleasant Odors

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