Matthew 17:1-13 “Notice what you notice.” The transfiguration. The first thing that I noticed was the disciples’ fear. But the fear came, not at the bright light or Moses and Elijah or the cloud, but only when the Father spoke, when He spoke the same words that He had spoken at Jesus’ baptism. I’m trying …
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June 7 / Luke 9:18-27
Luke 9:18-27 “Notice what you notice.” Verse 24: For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. Today it is worth quoting an entire footnote from my Study Bible regarding this verse, that this saying of Jesus “…is found in all four Gospels and …
June 6 / Mark 8:27-9:1
Mark 8:27-9:1 “Notice what you notice.” I have often imagined / presumed that whatever Jesus said to His disciples, He was also saying to us today. For example, He could easily be asking us, Who do people say that I am? (v. 27) Or He could be asking us, But who do you say that …
June 5 / Matt. 16:13-28
Matthew 16:13-28 “Notice what you notice.” My Study Bible notes that verse 21 begins a new phase, a turning point in Jesus’ ministry: From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on …
June 4 / Mark 8:11-26
Mark 8:11-26 “Notice what you notice.” Three small items today… I had never noticed that this “leaven” conversation between Jesus and His disciples took place in the boat as they were traveling from the west side of the Sea of Galilee, headed to Bethsaida. The only other occasion that I can recall Jesus speaking with …
June 3 / Matthew 16:1-12
Matthew 16:1-12 “Notice what you notice.” I probably noticed it before – Jesus mentioned the color of the sky; in both cases the sky is red, but in the evening the red sky calls for good weather while in the morning the red sky calls for stormy weather. Small point, but interesting… And they began …
June 2 / Mark 8:1-10
Mark 8:1-10 “Notice what you notice.” Both Matthew and Mark comment that the crowd has been with Jesus for three days. That in itself is compelling! Three days in the wilderness. It’s not like Billy Graham three-day revivals here in the USA, where that people come to hear him all three days, then go home …
June 2019 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Jun Matt. 15:32-39 8 02-Jun Mark 8:1-10 10 03-Jun Matt. 16:1-12 12 04-Jun Mark 8:11-26 16 05-Jun Matt. 16:13-28 16 06-Jun Mark 8:27-9:1 13 07-Jun Luke 9:18-27 10 08-Jun Matt. 17:1-13 13 09-Jun Mark 9:2-13 12 10-Jun Luke 9:28-36 9 11-Jun Matt. 17:14-23 10 12-Jun Mark 9:14-32 19 13-Jun Luke 9:37-45 9 …
June 1 / Matt. 15:32-39
Matthew 15:32-39 “Notice what you notice.” Much is made of the similarities and differences between today’s “Feeding of the 4,000” and our earlier “Feeding of the 5,000”. Some scholars say there was only one feeding; others hold true to what we have in Scripture. Let me offer four major differences: Finally, later (Matthew 16:9-10) Jesus …
May 31 / Mark 7:24-37
Mark 7:24-37 “Notice what you notice.” And He entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet He could not be hidden. (v. 24b) Yesterday both Debbie and I asked why Jesus would stray so far away from Galilee, to Tyre and Sidon – Gentile territory. My sense was that He was just …