Vote? Oz. Yours. (Edited)

We have a vote to use; to vote for, or not to vote for, is that the question?

Little Ones

The “little” occupy some prominence in the words of Jesus and have weighty things said in their connection, for God sticks up for them. (This is not a simple issue of age or stature.)

Basalt (heavy) millstones found at Capernaum - were ones like these in Jesus' mind - see below?

Jesus: Himself

Am    are    is    will    my    has   - significant words in the account of Jesus. What did Jesus disclose about himself? How much does it matter?

How are you building? Crash, or continue? See below.

On an August Saturday at the Coburg Mall a team of men were handing out copies of the Koran and promoting Islam. I had a conversation with Yusuf, who quoted a lot of the Gospels - especially the words of Jesus from the “Red Letter Bible” - it surprised me. He had so much. It matters a great deal indeed..
So I reflected: How really remarkable and telling were the things Jesus said of himself? What did he say and what weight did he put on what he said? Is it clear? Does it affect me and you?

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great.” (Luke 6:46-49, CSB).

Giving

Jesus had a little to say about giving for the good of another. Is it applied today?

(random cave image from Pixabay.com)

Bible U-Read it [Updated]

A Self-guided Reading Plan for “Jesus, the Full Story”

Below is an unadorned list of New Testament (NT) documents (‘books’) in a reading order I think will give you a fairly useful portrayal of Jesus and his message. This sequence is intended to make NT connections and developments more obvious to you, the reader.
(I have seen an estimated total reading time for the NT of about 19 hours.)

Love

But God proves his love for us....

About/contact (updated)

This is a work under construction. The central purpose is to assist you to explore about Jesus for yourself, with 'no strings attached'.

All being well it will progressively contain content under various 'pages'. (The 'pages' open through the Google Blogger internal links.)

I (Allen Hampton) may be contacted by emailing through Gmail with similar to my blogger user name jesus.saviour4unme
that is, include my blog username, before @gmail.com (please note that the blog username is all one word). Sorry - the "dot" is necessary for the email address.

Inquiries: I will respond from my own account in person. (However, the Gmail spam filter is activated. I think messages would need to come from a personal account.)

Note that, as opportunity permits, I am operating simply as an individual from within my own resources (and the internet!). No organisation or institution is involved in my blogs. So then, it is clear to whom the errors belong! (I acknowledge I have a background of academic studies and personal "mainstream" involvement. However, I am not representing nor serving any human entity.)
  
May 9, 2018: My purpose and procedure followed remains almost entirely as it has since March, 2015. There are two (or three) posts where I departed from the pattern.

My geographic profile: Allen Hampton, now of Melbourne, formerly of Sydney, Narrabri, Tamworth, Delungra, Nundle, Albury, Kiewa, Thurgoona.

 

EDITS

As this is a blog, I have the opportunity to make edits in posts, here and there, from time to time. Mostly the edits are additions. I hope this is not annoying. If I make a "major" edit, I change the name of the post to show it is a revised and updated edition! 

Crosses

And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Matthew 10:38-39 ESV).

Christ Risen

Can things come right in Australian cricket? Can awful things change?
"Christ is risen; Christ will come again."

Rolling stone entrance of family tomb of Herod, Jerusalem - one of very few remaining - unlikely Joseph had exactly comparable example

Jesus Executed

“Christ crucified”

WHO ?

A question of, and from, Jesus, that came up more than once from more than one questioner

Demons defeated

A difficult report in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, has assistance to humans by Jesus, connected to deaths of pigs.

Ruins of ancient Gadara, south east of Galilee (name Gadara mentioned in some manuscripts)

Be Freed!

Originally published April, 2018

Free? or slave? These were crucial person categories in Jesus’ day.  Ordinary people seemed shocked then when Jesus said he could set them free. In John chapter 8 this offer of freedom is made clear.

Redress Streams? v.4

from Royal Commission website

Mark

How does Mark's Gospel compare with John's? (How with Luke and Matthew?) Like this.....

Sample on left is from Mark 15; on right is from John. Both are CEV.

Jesus Film

I have just recently learnt that there is a free App for smart devices called the "Jesus Film Project".

The "Event"

Previously (April, 2015) I posted a compilation account of Jesus. It is a kind of "Life". It is also available via the above "page" link.

The basis of the content is the Gospel of Mark, with small contributions from Matthew and Luke, plus some of John.

The concept is to allow a reader to easily read a version of the story of Jesus online in continuous form.

The original was unfortunately replete with HTML formatting issues, because I had used simple "copy and paste" into Blogger.

"The Jesus Event" is now re-done and corrected. I have taken the opportunity to ensure full compliance with copyright requirements (no complete chapters from one publication, etc). Versions I used are more or less arbitrarily alternated, with no preference implied or intended.