Mary Magdalene never got over her encounters with Jesus. From the first moment Jesus rescued her from the seven demons who lived inside her and tormented her, to those six hours being near Jesus as He suffered and died on the cross, to the moment on the first Easter Sunday morning when Jesus spoke to her after He rose from the dead:…
The special day known as Palm Sunday is when Jesus’ Triumphal Entry is remembered and celebrated. Bartimaeus, the whom Jesus healed in Jericho, likely was there waving his palm branch and joining in the celebration. This Palm Sunday message focuses on the healing of Bartimaeus, focusing on the words of Jesus—words that everyone in the world needs to hear: “What do you…
The text begins with Jesus seeing a man who was blind from birth; this starts a conversation with the disciples and more controversy with the Pharisees. One, Jesus sees us and knows about our suffering, weaknesses and disabilities. Jesus said, the blindness “happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life” John 9:3b. Healing displays the work of…
