Nancy Delpha

@shelley-johnson, The line "one who goes behind me [opisō mou]" is used by John to refer to Jesus in Matthew 3.11n || Mark 1.6 || John 1.14 || John 1.26–31. This is the phrase used in the Gospels an...

@shelley-johnson, the Gospels seem to indicate that Jesus was a disciple of his cousin John the Baptizer (Jesus 'came after' John, a phrase used consistently in the gospels for followers/disciples), a...

Posted by: @siteadmin 18 But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me? 19 Show me the coin used for the tax.” So they brought him a denarius. 20 Jesus said t...

For me, this whole week’s readings for me were about Trust…and…this year has provided me the understanding that faith is a noun and trust is the verb that feeds one’s faith…if I want my faith to incre...

16 Now someone came up to him and said, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”  26 Jesus looked at them and replied, “This is impossible for mere humans, but for God...

I have always love Matthew 9:9-13, maybe because I am a nurse but today as Jesus is teaching at Mathew’s house I can’t help but notice how Jesus is using the Old Testament to bring home his point. Ins...

Posted by: @siteadmin In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets. Earlier, in Matthew 5:17 Jesus stated that he came "not to abolish ...

Happy Easter to all of you who are in this journey through scripture with me.

The Gospel of Matthew opens with a great list of names. Maybe because of all the ‘begats’ in the book of Numbers, we see a genealogy like this and skip to verse 17 where the hard-to-pronounce names ar...

@ndelpha Thank you. Seeing it makes a huge difference and gives perspective.

The temple would have truly been awe inspiring and the disciples response to seeing the stones is still shared by so many who go see the western/wailing wall. The inevitable destruction of the temple ...

@travisbruno3 Here's an example of the size of some of the Herodian stones. That's one stone where she is standing. Attachment : 2015-03-17 05.10.10.jpg Behind her are the arches to the "Tripl...

@ndelpha Nancy, thank you!! Also, please let us know if there's anything you would like us to discuss on the podcast.

I. Don't. Know. 😩 I've been reading a lot about prayer and doing a lot of praying, and not all prayers get answered. Prayers are not meant to be wish lists. Prayers are invitations into the wo...

I think it is interesting that the one specific thing that is mentioned about praying is that we are to start with forgiving others. I think it must be a way to prepare our hearts for meeting/talking ...

This flyover of modern Jerusalem, starting at 4:09 (starting looking north) shows the modern Temple Mount or, as it is known today, the Haram esh-Sharif , then shifts to the Church of the Holy Sepulch...

I feel like this is where Jesus speaks more plainly than ever. This. Is. A. Heart. Thing. It must be so hard though for these people living in this time who are so deeply steeped in their human tradit...

Came across a neat reminder in some of my studies that I had not recognized yet. The parentheticals, (that is, a gift of God) were used by Mark to help bring context to the gentile readers. So that th...

@jralphsmith A note on that word "corban." This is from the Hebrew qorban, it literally means "brought near" (qarob in Hebrew is "near"). It was a vowed gift to God made to the priests in the sanctuar...