281.   The sin of fear

Fear is good.  Fear warns and helps prevent foolish actions.  The symptoms of fear are unmistakable and distinct —a hollow feeling in your stomach, a dry throat, and sweaty hands—those unmistakable signals your body involuntarily sends due to messages from your brain and eyes.  Situations like heights and flying can cause fear, words can evoke fear, and…

136. The trial of Jesus – Pilate and Herod

[John 18:28-40 and 19:1-16 – Part 2] Pilate has always been a tragic figure in the events around the death of Jesus. I should probably not feel sorry for him, as he was cruel and hardened, with little regard for life. Even so, he was a product of the powerful, arrogant pagan empire he was…

135. The trial of Jesus.

[John 18:28-40 and 19:1-16]  Part 1. In the literature of the world many books have been written on the trail of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels and sources outside the Bible. There is no doubt about the historical Jesus and the impact of His life and death on the history of Palestine in the…