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Introduction: What are these spiritual topics about?

We're trying to derive a sound set of spiritual ideas, from the Lord's Word, that help people "build a house on a rock".

Before entering Jerusalem for the last time, Jesus wept over its future. This painting by Enrique Simonet, is called "Flevit super Illam", the Latin for "He Wept Over It". It is in the Museum of Malaga.

The Son

Christians have puzzled over the nature of Jesus Christ since the beginning of the Christian church. The Lord, in His bodily form as Jesus Christ, is frequently referred to in the Bible as the Son of God and the Son of Man, and occasionally as the Son of Mary. What's the New Christian thinking on this subject?

Big Wooden Cross On Green Grass Field Under The White Clouds

A Ransom for Many - What can that mean?

Some of the old ways of thinking about this are... wrong!

A Chilean gaucho herds sheep in this 2008 photo by Vera Donk.

Other sheepfolds

Seven times, Jesus says things like, "I am the vine", or "I am the bread of life". What if someone isn't a Christian? What then?

Exploring the Meaning of Luke 22

What was really going on at the Last Supper? Jesus was taking a key step, converting an ancient Israelitish ritual into a new Christian one, re-connecting us with himself, with God-with-us.

Learning to Pray

"Lord, teach us to pray..." (Luke 11:1) The Word is full of prayers to express our heartfelt states. Here are some you can start with!

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Christ driving the money-changers from the temple

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

In this story, on the Monday after Palm Sunday, Jesus re-enters Jerusalem, goes to the temple, and drives out the moneychangers and people who were selling animals for sacrifices. He overturns tables, and takes a whip, and uses it to clean out the temple. So, what's this story about for us?

Jesus curses a fig tree in this James Tissot watercolor. The French-born Tissot did a series of Bible illustrations from 1886-94, while living in England.

Jesus and the Fig Tree

This story causes a certain amount of consternation for believers, and is a favorite of Bible critics. Why would Jesus, in all His perfection, curse a poor defenseless tree for the small crime of having no fruit – especially when, as the version of the story in Mark says, it is not even the season for figs? It seems downright mean-spirited.