Three Minute Thoughts

When we approach a topic with our negative mindset we will try to spin it in a way it was never meant to be spun.

Jesus takes time to teach about greatness and service and love and forgiveness.

What is this transfiguration thing about anyway?

From demands of signs to confession of identity this chapter of Matthew is packed with meaning and power for the follower of Jesus. The focus of this chapter is all about what we believe about Jesus and who we believe he is. Who do you say that he is?

There are a ton of rules that we may not even know about. One of them in the Bible was a rule on how you were to wash your hands. What makes this a tad more humorous is where we are in 2021 and how we're a bit more hyper sensitive about hand washings. Jesus tells the leaders that their focus is all wrong. Hand washing is important but it's not the point really.

Jesus does some pretty crazy and amazing things. This one time he fed tons of people with a boy's lunch. You should really check that one out.

Jesus teaches using something called parables. In parables Jesus combines the known with the unknown to make the unknown...known. It's pretty cool how this works. But not everyone will get it because some are stubborn or they're just hung up on themselves.

Jesus shows who he is by what he does but also by what's happened before him. A quick teaching moment with words and actions.

Jesus gathers his disciples then he gets questioned by just about everyone. Why did he choose those people? Why did he act that way or say that word or eat that food? The people are used to having so many different rules and traditions floating around but Jesus ends with some powerful and comforting words.

Jesus calls some men to come follow him. In the process of asking them to follow him, he fills them in on the good, bad and ugly of what following him will look like. This is really not the best way to gather a bunch of followers but it is the best way to gather committed ones.