Craig Barnes meditates on a familiar, yet perplexing observation in Mark 6:48 “He intended to pass them by.” Your disciples were “straining at the oars against an adverse wind” when they caught a glimpse of you walking on the water. This time you were planning to pass by them. Apparently, you were hoping that just …
In his book King’s Cross Tim Keller unfolds Jesus encounter with a paralyzed man and demonstrates how Jesus deals with the man’s real need and not his current greatest desire. Jesus says, “Jesus is saying, “by coming to me and asking only for your body to be healed, you’re not going deep enough. You have …
I’ve been posting quotes from Craig Barnes’ book ‘The Pastor As Minor Poet’ (Eerdmans, 2009) lately. Barnes also has a blog at Shadyside Presbyterian’s website. Here he muses on what seem to be contradictory quotes: “Whoever is not against us is for us.” (Mark 9:40) “Whoever is not with me is against me.” (Matthew 12:30) …
King’s Cross is: “Timothy Keller’s revelatory look at the life of Christ as told in the Gospel of Mark. In it, Keller shows how the story of Jesus is at once cosmic, historical, and personal, calling each of us to look anew at our relationship with God. Like Keller’s other books, it speaks to skeptics …
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