Tag: JOHN D. BARRY

  • RADIANCE

    Connect The TestamentsGenesis 40:1-41:37; Hebrews 1-2; Ecclesiastes 9:11-18 When I was a boy, my dad took me to his construction site, and told me, “Don’t look directly at the welding light; it can blind you.” But a welding flame is cool and dangerous. As my father was talking with the foreman, I fixated on the…

  • THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION

    Connect The TestamentsGenesis 31; Matthew 23:37-24:28; Ecclesiastes 7:13-21 “Why do bad things happen to good people?” This is an ancient question, though often asked as if it’s new. The Preacher in Ecclesiastes says, “There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his…

  • SAVE US!

    Connect The TestamentsGenesis 27; Matthew 20:17-21:22; Ecclesiastes 6:5-12 “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” (Matt 21:9). Idiomatically, this means: “Save [me], I pray, the Son of David. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of Yahweh!…

  • I UNDERSTAND HOW THEY FELT

    Connect The TestamentsGenesis 26; Matthew 19:1-20:16; Ecclesiastes 6:1-4 “Allow the children, and do not forbid them to come to me, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven” (Matt 19:14). This is the type of Jesus I want to know. It’s easy for me to think of Jesus as a man I see in film…

  • UNEXPECTED RIVALRIES

    Connect The TestamentsGenesis 25; Matthew 18; Ecclesiastes 5:12-20 When in survival mode, you have to compete against anything that could hinder your survival. Strong competitors, like professional athletes, often can’t explain their almost inhuman acts under pressure; adrenaline takes over. The same thing that the ancients used to escape from wild animals is what makes…