bread:day 5
[Read & meditate on John 6. Why doesn’t Jesus try to convince the people to stay?] This is probably where this passage starts to bother a lot of us. Jesus basically got rid… Continue reading
[Read & meditate on John 6. Why doesn’t Jesus try to convince the people to stay?] This is probably where this passage starts to bother a lot of us. Jesus basically got rid… Continue reading
[Read and meditate on John 6. Which kind of bread do you normally seek?] Jesus seems to be using bread as this metaphor for the perishable things in this world that we build… Continue reading
[Read & meditate on John 6 again. Rabbinical teaching: “eat the flesh” = to absorb his entire way of being and living “drink the blood” = to absorb his self-sacrificing life-motivation and indeed… Continue reading
[Read & meditate on John 6. How does Jesus respond to the people? Does this surprise you?] It does seem kind of strange. Jesus has a ministry that is attracting over 10,000 people… Continue reading
[Read & meditate on John 6. What did the people want from Jesus?] It seems that they really wanted their physical needs met. They were oppressed, 90% of the Jewish people in that… Continue reading