The 260 Journey

Day 79Today’s Reading: John 11Has God ever been confusing to you? Have you ever asked Him, “What are You doing? I don’t understand?”Our 260 Journey brings us to John 11 and to one of those moments. It’s the story of Lazarus—a man who went from health to sickness and from sickness to death. And here is where the confusion starts. This all happened with Jesus close enough to prevent his death but...

Day 78Today’s Reading: John 10Jesus is called Shepherd three times in the New Testament. And each time, a special adjective is put in front of the word to show His role in their lives. In John 10:11, Jesus is called the Good Shepherd, with the emphasis of laying down His life for the sheep.In Hebrews 13:20, Jesus is called the Great Shepherd, with the emphasis on His resurrection and how He...

Day 77Today’s Reading: John 9"Amazing Grace” is considered to be one of the greatest hymns of all time, sung by Christians and non-Christians alike. It transcends religious boundaries. The hymn’s popularity would have surprised its composer, John Newton. The circumstances that inspired him to write the hymn more than two hundred years ago were amazing.Newton was just a boy when he set sail as a...

Day 76Today’s Reading: John 8In Christian Letters to a Post-Christian World, renowned English writer, Dorothy Sayers, aimed some powerful words at religious people who have watered down the Son of God and made Jesus accommodating:The people who hanged Christ never accused Him of being a bore; on the contrary, they thought Him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to...

Day 75Today’s Reading: John 7Not many young people would know the radio show or his iconic voice, but some years ago, 21 million Americans would tune in on their radios to hear from the most listened-to voice in America. They would hold their breath in suspense as the storyteller recounted a true story with a surprise ending. It was called The Rest of the Story, a real-life mystery Paul Harvey...

Day 74Today’s Reading: John 6The Christian life is a journey, not an arrival. As part of that journey, we all have to do hard but noble stuff at some point:• tell someone about Jesus• say no to something we used to say yes to• end a toxic relationship• decide to titheAs Oswald Chambers said, “If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult....

Day 73Today’s Reading: John 5Today we land on John 5, an up-close view to a phenomenon of miracle healing waters called the waters of Bethesda. When the waters moved, the first in the pool got healed. Here’s the first part of the story:After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew...

Day 72Today's Reading: John 4The average American is exposed to between four thousand and ten thousand commercial messages every day. But it’s truth that is a rarity. We have opinions but not truth.One of my friends put it this way: “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not everyone is entitled to their own truth.”Truth is universal. It isn’t limited to individuals, geography, or...

Day 71Today’s Reading: John 3There are a few chapters in our 260 Journey where you just pause, exhale, and know you are seeing beauty and majesty. John 3 is one of those chapters.Plato said, “Whoever tells the stories shapes society.” Do we have a story to tell or what? We have the story—the gospel story. God’s story.John 3:16 is God’s story stuffed into one verse. And Jesus tells it in...

Day 70Today’s Reading: John 2Today our 260 Journey takes us to John 2. If we are not paying attention, we may feel as if we are at the end of the Gospel of John and not at the beginning. Let me explain why this can be confusing by reading something Jesus did in this chapter:The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen...