I was passionately defending the Bible to a coworker who didn’t believe it. She had been speaking against Jesus and the Bible in general, and even though I wasn’t following Jesus very closely at the time, it flew all over me. So I inserted myself into the conversation and started defending Jesus from the Bible the best I could. She let me know she didn’t believe the Bible. Well… I knew exactly how to win her over. I quoted a verse from Proverbs with passion. I really brought

I have read the passage about the loaves and the fishes in Mark 6 more times than I can count. I love the story. However, I guess I never paid close attention to the end of that passage until this morning. You know the story--Jesus feeds the crowd of over 5,000 people with a few loaves of bread and fish. After everyone finishes eating, Jesus instructs the disciples to go around with baskets and pick up the leftovers. I always admire how Jesus performs the miracle and assume H