How to wade through chaos into victory – John 18, Part 5

This week I welcome guest blogger, Emerald Scaffe. Emerald is married and together with her husband, has three children. She also serves on the teaching team at Faith Church. The Jewish leaders finally have Jesus where they want him.  In front of Pilate.  So they change their tactic a little bit for the Roman Governor. Continue reading “How to wade through chaos into victory – John 18, Part 5”

Are we so concerned with religion that we’ve stopped listening to God? – John 18, Part 4

This week I welcome guest blogger, Emerald Scaffe. Emerald is married and together with her husband, has three children. She also serves on the teaching team at Faith Church. This painful irony of Jesus’ arrest and trials continues as in John 18, verse 19, “Meanwhile, the high priest (still referring to Annas, here) questioned JesusContinue reading “Are we so concerned with religion that we’ve stopped listening to God? – John 18, Part 4”

How God is faithful when Jesus is on trial – John 18, Part 3

This week I welcome guest blogger, Emerald Scaffe. Emerald is married and together with her husband, has three children. She also serves on the teaching team at Faith Church. In spite of his life, Jesus was betrayed. As we continue studying John 18, we enter into a series of three trials, starting with verse 12,Continue reading “How God is faithful when Jesus is on trial – John 18, Part 3”

When sin knocks us down and we get up pretending nothing happened – John 18, Part 2

This week I welcome guest blogger, Emerald Scaffe. Emerald is married and together with her husband, has three children. She also serves on the teaching team at Faith Church. In the previous post we learned how Jesus was spiritually fit for the darkest night of his life. The story of Jesus’ arrest in the gardenContinue reading “When sin knocks us down and we get up pretending nothing happened – John 18, Part 2”

Why we need to be spiritually fit (and how to get there) – John 18, Part 1

This week I welcome guest blogger, Emerald Scaffe. Emerald is married and together with her husband, has three children. She also serves on the teaching team at Faith Church. In John chapter 17, Jesus is praying with his disciples after the Passover Feast.  I want to highlight some components of Christ’s prayer, before diving intoContinue reading “Why we need to be spiritually fit (and how to get there) – John 18, Part 1”

When life falls apart in an instant – John 18, Preview

The phone call with bad news.  The discovery of indiscretion.  The revealing of a lie.  The sudden accident.  The vote that goes the other way.  The response of “No.”  So quickly we realize the fragility of life.  It’s amazing how fast life can change, isn’t it?  My guess is that all of us have experiencedContinue reading “When life falls apart in an instant – John 18, Preview”