In this Easter Season we get to know Simon Peter the fisherman better, and we see the Lord Jesus at work. Today we experience a scene in the life and ministry of Jesus that takes place before the crucifixion and resurrection, and John the Gospeler drops us into a conflict between religious authorities and Jesus--at the holy time of Hanukkah and in the holiest place on earth for Jesus' fellow Jews.
Read full transcript...Having the flu changed my life. The day was Thursday, March 13th, 2008, and I was sitting on my futon with my computer on my lap. Quite suddenly, I realized how clammy and hot I felt. Half an hour before, I had felt just fine; but in just thirty minutes my insides decided that they needed desperately to become my outsides. I put my computer on the floor, leapt up, and staggered into the bathroom. I was ill for five days, and during that time all I did was sleep and watch my recently acquired complete series of Star Trek: The Next Generation on DVD. For those five days, I did not open the lid of my laptop. I did not press the power button. And I did not log in to the computer game that had dominated my life for nearly two years.
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