Lazarus Was Dead

Lazarus was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.
His sisters knew he was dead. The people who'd buried him 4 days ago knew he was dead.

There is no doubt that Lazarus was dead. This must be distinctly understood or nothing wonderful can come of the story in today's Gospel.

• Ezekiel 37:1-14  • 
 
• Psalm 130  • 
 
• Romans 8:6-11  • 
 
• John 11:1-45

Slight-Of-Hand & Deception

Brain teasers get us interested in something that has nothing to do with the solution, so that we’ll go about trying to solve the wrong problem or trying to find an answer to a question that no one asked.

The Sadducees ask Jesus a brain-teaser with the hope of verbally humiliating him andmaking him look bad in front of his followers.

• Job 19:23-27a and Psalm 17:1-9  • 
 
• 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17  • 
 
• Luke 20:27-38