The Barefoot Evangelist

God surprises us by doing things we don’t expect and inverting the status quo   John 19 38 Joseph from Arimathea was one of Jesus’ disciples. He had kept it secret though, because he was afraid of the Jewish leaders. But now he asked Pilate to let him have Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission, and…

God surprises us by doing things we don’t expect and inverting the status quo   John 19 12 Then Pilate wanted to set Jesus free. But the crowd again yelled, “If you set this man free, you are no friend of the Emperor! Anyone who claims to be a king is an enemy of the Emperor.”…

God surprises us by doing things we don’t expect and inverting the status quo   John 13 It was before Passover, and Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and to return to the Father. He had always loved his followers in this world, and he loved them to…

God surprises us by doing things we don’t expect and inverting the status quo   John 12 27 Now I am deeply troubled, and I don’t know what to say. But I must not ask my Father to keep me from this time of suffering. In fact, I came into the world to suffer. 28 So Father, bring…

God surprises us by doing things we don’t expect and inverting the status quo   John 12 Six days before Passover Jesus went back to Bethany, where he had raised Lazarus from death. 2 A meal had been prepared for Jesus. Martha was doing the serving, and Lazarus himself was there. 3  Mary took a very expensive bottle of…