Fasting is a voluntary death. It is the choice to forego something good and lawful, in order to gain something greater and more glorious.

The transfiguration of Jesus is a foretaste of the glory that is to be revealed in us.

There were roughly seven years that passed between what Paul wrote in Colossians/Philemon (AD 60), and what he wrote in 2 Timothy (AD 67). What happened in those seven years to Demas’ faith?

The disciples recognize that Jesus is the Christ, and they see that Jesus is going to die. But their vision is blurry, they see men as trees walking

Jesus is the one loaf. He is the bread. He is the multiplier of bread. He is the Creator of bread. And if Jesus is in the boat with us, if the leaven of Christ (the gospel) is in our hearts, then we have food for eternal life.

Jesus shows us that what comes out of him, his word, his spirit, even his spit, can make a man holy.

Washing your hands before you eat is a good and fine tradition, but washing your heart is infinitely more important.