Comments on: Matthew 8:18-27 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/18/matthew-818-27/ reading the bible as a community Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:12:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Josh http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/18/matthew-818-27/#comment-123 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:29:41 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/18/matthew-818-27/#comment-123 Wow! Does anyone else picture Jesus as a kind of Bruce Willis character here? The height of being a cool customer- sleeping in gales, and wondering what the fuss is when he's woken up. Though i don't think Bruce has ever commanded the elements... For me, the remark to the man who wants to go to his funeral adds to the later miracle to totally demolish what most people's perceptions of Jesus are. Hardly the gentle sissy that so often He's labelled as. Wow! Does anyone else picture Jesus as a kind of Bruce Willis character here? The height of being a cool customer- sleeping in gales, and wondering what the fuss is when he’s woken up. Though i don’t think Bruce has ever commanded the elements…

For me, the remark to the man who wants to go to his funeral adds to the later miracle to totally demolish what most people’s perceptions of Jesus are. Hardly the gentle sissy that so often He’s labelled as.

]]> by: Julie http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/18/matthew-818-27/#comment-122 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:23:06 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/18/matthew-818-27/#comment-122 How topical to have this passage today when the weather outside is so wild! Jesus reprimanded his disciples yet I have to admit to feeling some sympathy for them. Like them I can also respond with fear when bad things happen (storms) and ............ when will I stop being astonished at the miracles that happen too? How topical to have this passage today when the weather outside is so wild!

Jesus reprimanded his disciples yet I have to admit to feeling some sympathy for them. Like them I can also respond with fear when bad things happen (storms) and ………… when will I stop being astonished at the miracles that happen too?

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