Tag: jerusalem

  • Your Mistake – Leaders Handling Controversy

    Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God. Matthew 22:29 NLT An Answer to Controversy How do leaders under constant scrutiny of the public eye handle controversy? Perhaps a leader or two from our times may come to mind. A typical scenario: A leader makes…

  • Times of Difficulty – 2

    Signs of the Times [Introduction to this this series – part 1, in case you missed it.] Matthew 16: And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. Pharisees, teachers, men of authority, including Sadducees who wielded great power over corporate worship want to…

    21 August, 2017
  • for it was not the season for figs – 6

    When I would gather them, declares the LORD,there are no grapes on the vine,nor figs on the fig tree;even the leaves are withered,and what I gave them has passed away from them.” Jeremiah 8:13 Jesus’ Lament over Jerusalem’s crowds Recall the fig tree and all the symbols of Jerusalem. You can almost hear Jesus lamenting:…