Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

FROM JERICHO to Jerusalem was a journey of fifteen miles up the mountains by a very steep road; a road often dangerous on account of the robbers who were hidden among the rocks by the wayside. But at the time of the Passover when thousands of people were going up to the feast, it was […]

BUT BLIND Bartimeus was not the only man in Jericho who was eager to meet Jesus. In that city was living a very rich man named Zacceus, who was the head of all the tax collectors in that part of the country. He had heard that Jesus was unlike other Jews, in being friendly toward […]

JESUS HAD now ended his work of preaching in the land of Perea, on the east of the Jordan. With his disciples and a great throng of people who were going up to the feast of the Passover at Jerusalem, he came to the river at another Bethabara, or “the place of the crossing,” because […]

JESUS EXPLAINED by a parable what he meant in saying, “Many that are first shall be last, and some that are lowest here will be the highest in God’s kingdom.” This parable was “The Workers in the Vineyard.” “There was a man,” said Jesus, “who owned a vineyard. He needed men to work in his […]

NOT LONG after Mary’s visit, the child promised to Zacharias and Elizabeth was born. In Jewish families the coming of a child into the home was always the cause of great gladness; and the gladness was greater at the birth of this baby, because this was the first child, and the father and mother were […]

WHILE JESUS was still passing through the land of Perea, on his way to Jerusalem, at one place the fathers and mothers brought their babies to him, asking him to place his hands on their heads and speak upon them a blessing. When the disciples saw them doing this, they were not pleased. “Take these […]

JESUS TOLD his disciples a parable to show that they should always keep on praying and never be discouraged. This parable is named “The Parable of the Unjust Judge.” “In a certain city,” he said, “there was a judge who in his rule did not try to do right, but was often unjust and wicked; […]

JESUS KNEW that the Pharisees, for all their church-going and their carefulness in keeping the rules of their law, were in their hearts lovers of money, and were living for the things of this world and not for God. He gave to them a parable about a rich man who suddenly became poor, and a […]

AT THIS TIME Jesus gave to his disciples the parable of “The Dishonest Steward.” A steward is a man who takes care of any business or lands or houses belonging to another man who employs him. Jesus said : ” There was a rich man who had a steward who took charge of all his […]

YOU REMEMBER that the enemies of Jesus, the Pharisees and scribes, said of him, “He gives welcome to bad men, and eats at the table with them!” Jesus in answer gave a parable or story to show how God welcomes a sinner who turns from his sin and seeks his heavenly Father. This is one […]