Last week, we looked at Jesus’ question to the man by the pool of Bethesda, “Do you want to be made well?” Through that question, Jesus reached a man who had spent years near the place of healing, yet remained trapped in disappointment and helplessness. In that place, Jesus offered him healing and grace. This…

Do You Want to Be Made Well? (John 5:6) Last week, we looked at how Jesus met a condemned woman with a grace-awakening question that helped her realize that the only One who could condemn her had chosen not to. This week, we turn to another question of Jesus, spoken to a man who had…

For the past four weeks, we have been studying questions of God and what they do to us. For today’s discussion, I chose an unusual question by Jesus. It is found in John 8:1-11.  Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon…

Over the last three weeks, we have seen that God’s questions do not provide explanations. Instead, they uncover the hidden framework beneath our little faith, such as our need for control, our demand for certainty, and our instinct to justify ourselves. This week, we turn to the questions Jesus asked His disciples. Jesus asked His…

What makes a person spiritually mature? And what masquerades under the cloak of spiritual maturity? What must die before we can spiritually see? We often assume that better answers lead to better faith. If we understood why suffering happens, why prayers go unanswered, why good people are wounded, and why life feels unfair, then perhaps…

In the early 1600s, Sir Francis Bacon realized that the way people understood the world was deeply flawed. For centuries, thinkers had mostly relied on inherited ideas from people like Aristotle. They used common sense, logic, and tradition to explain the world, often without carefully testing whether those explanations were true. This created a lot…