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The Messy Details Matter
By CathyChung | | Ah-Ha! | 2 Comments
The details in the gospel writer’s story express the abundance of Jesus’ provision.
Miracles Really Do Happen
By CathyChung | | Uncategorized
Do we believe God for the impossible? The miracle? In Feeding 5000, Jesus gathers resources, gives God thanks and believes God will make it sufficient.
When Every Word Holds Meaning
By CathyChung | | Making it Practical
We’re working through the story when Jesus feeds 5000 people. Every detail has meaning. What do they teach us?
Following a Child’s Example
By CathyChung | | Making it Practical, Who is He?
A boy offers his lunch to help feed 5000. The impact? It was one small, hopeful step toward solving a big problem. Can we believe like the child?
When What Jesus Asks is Too Hard
By CathyChung | | The Visible God, Who is He?
What do we do when what Jesus asks of us is hard? Do we forget what he’s already done? Let’s set the context for the story when Jesus Feeds the 5000.
Is This Jesus’ Most Important Miracle?
By CathyChung | | Uncategorized | 2 Comments
In my last post I presented the story of the Feeding of the 5,000 that I mashed together from all four Gospel accounts. The familiar tale is included in almost every child’s story Bible. It’s non-violent, has a happy ending, includes a child, features a calm, benevolent Jesus and doesn’t challenge the world order. Does…
New Eyes on a Familiar Story – Jesus Feeds 5,000
By CathyChung | | Uncategorized
Late that afternoon or evening the disciples came to him and said “…Send the crowds away so they can go to the nearby farms and villages and buy food and find lodging for themselves.”Turning to Philip, [Jesus] asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?” He was testing Philip, for he already…
Will All Self-Proclaimed Christians Go To Heaven?
By CathyChung | | He Knows You, Making it Practical
Pope Francis provocatively said that not all self-proclaimed Christians are actually saved and going to heaven. Who does the Pope think is in and who is out? What does Scripture say? What do you believe?
Locker Room Jesus Talk
By CathyChung | | Uncategorized
We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves…
Let This Soak In
By CathyChung | | Uncategorized
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected – a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;…