When Jesus speaks, the major verb that is used in the gospel accounts is "to teach...." He teaches his disciples, he teaches in the synagogues, he teaches the crowds.... What is he teaching?

Mystic or not, all was not well for Jesus as the pressures of ministry mounted. While crowds presented great opportunities for teaching, they also demanded much energy from Jesus and the disciples.

God has appointed us to bear fruit. In the spiritual life, it can be hard to judge whether we are blossoming or wilting, so ...

Jesus taught, “When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men … but when you pray, go into your room ...

[John 6:53-54] In verses 52-59, Jesus repeated this teaching four different ways ... He commonly spoke in parables while preaching to the crowds. However, this does not appear to be the case ...

Preachers and prophets roamed the countryside, drawing enormous, passionate crowds. At the age of thirty, Jesus joined one of these groups and was baptized in the Jordan River. Shortly afterwards ...