podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/2941df52/jesus-i-get-but-the-father-not-so-much-john-no17 “Jesus I kinda get, I sorta understand him… but the Father, not so much. Can you help me understand more about him?” she asked. A good and right question. Jesus teaches that to know him is to know the Father because he and the Father are one. If we want to see how God feels about the human condition, we can look at Jesus. We saw it with the lame man who had tried to

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/eed81c03/suffering-why-god-john-no16 Gripped by the mental image of Jesus approaching the man desperate to be healed, I am. But then, Jesus. Those three words are game changers. But I gotta ask, why did it take God 38 years to find this guy? If you read carefully, you noticed something else about the setting at the Pools of Bethesda, as John wrote, "In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, wai

Do you want to get well? hmmm.... podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/289cbc3e/jesus-has-a-probing-question-for-you-john-no-15 That was the question Jesus asked a paralyzed man lying near a healing place a long time ago. I wonder if the guy had an incredulous look on his face … 'Of course I want to get well--look where I am!' Where was he? At the pools of Bethesda in Jerusalem, not far from the Temple. As an observant Jew, Jesus came to town to celebrate

PODCAST: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/24913837/believing-before-seeing Perhaps at first glance this seems to be a matter-of-fact recounting and kinda ho-hum storytelling, but it is far more than that. Realizing there is always something God wants us to know … truths to teach and grow us, challenge and yes, even sustain us. After all, when the Israelites wandered in the desert, God gave them manna to feed and sustain them daily; so too, we need the Word of God a

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/367881c0/from-a-woman-of-ill-repute-to-an-influencer-john-no13 What. is. an. Influencer? When it is linked to social media, it kinda makes me want to wretch. ha! Influencer - hmmm . . . this generation thinks it invented the concept, but Scripture floated the notion early on--why, think of the influence Joseph had, how about Esther? And today we will see another influencer, captured by John. So Jesus traveled out of his wa

PODCAST: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/31506779/jesus-and-the-first-sexual-revolution-john-no10 The year was 1974. We drove from the San Francisco area to Anchorage, Alaska in a Chevrolet station wagon--just under 3100 miles. On our way, we went to Expo 74 in Spokane, Washington. Do you know what I remember of that international extravaganza? The women at the entrance, hoisting huge signs yelling, 'Women, burn your bras!' Why such a spectacle? That was one of t

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/2bc7032b/the-rest-of-the-story-and-you-john-no11 Walking through the limestone alleys and corridors of the Old City of Jerusalem at night, the shadows and dark corners are at once enchanting and also mysterious. And I can't help but wonder, where did Nicodemus find Jesus that night so long ago? Nicodemus goes at night, because he probably would be stripped of his position in the Sanhedrin if he is seen in the company of thi

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/3833e104/science-or-jesus-do-you-have-to-pick-john-no10 I love to picture the eternity-changing conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus, when the Jewish religious leader went to have an encounter with Jesus himself. Under the cloak of darkness, and the privacy they had, Jesus uttered the most well-known words of Scripture that night as he spoke to one man: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1e858b6f/good-enough-to-get-to-heaven-john-no9 He was smart. He was deeply religious. He was connected, and he had power. Sounds like 'the package', doesn't it? Fact is, he risked a lot by going to see Jesus; likely the reason he went at night-- less chance of anyone seeing him. Then again, the Jerusalem streets were still packed with all of the Passover observants in town, so it was easier to get around at night. John. cha