Yearly Archives: 2012

Is there no balm in Gilead?

…Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?” Jeremiah 8:22 Elsewhere Jeremiah says twice, “… From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all … Continue reading

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Revisiting Cana

“On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, ‘They have … Continue reading

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“I write unto you fathers…”

Jesus had said: “Call no man father,”  yet it wasn’t long before the “disciple Jesus loved” wrote to fathers. What’s wrong with this picture? Assuming that the Same Spirit inspired both communications, there must be something beneath the surface that … Continue reading

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