Reading With Wonder

© Harold H. Comings

2014

Published on http://haroldhcomings.com 

An important part of reading Scripture is imagination. F. B. Meyer, quoted by Richard L. Mayhue in John MacArthur, Jr's. book, Rediscovering Expository Preaching:

There are five considerations that must be met in every successful sermon. There should be an appeal to the Reason, to the Conscience, to the imagination, to the Emotions, and to the Will; and for each of these there is no method so serviceable as systematic exposition. (p. 17)

This series of thirty devotional clips is presented with a desire to prod readers to think about several incidents in the earthly ministry of Jesus. To think about them imaginatively in a way that captures the life of the narrative. I have sought to be true to the text. When we imagine the look of a scene which God has described in broad strokes we realize that someone else may think of a different scenario. That's good. It is not my intention to say, "This is the way it happened." Rather, I say, over and over, "It is possible or probable..." or "It might have been." Like Paul's unnamed thorn in the flesh, the absence of specifics enables an event to be placed as a template over the events we encounter in our lives today.

Below, in order, is a list of the chapters to this "Reading With Wonder" publication. Read and enjoy at your leisure. Share with friends.

• The Look of Looking
• Nobody Saw That One Coming
• Dad. Dad! DAD!! Look! 
• I Should Have Guessed
• Kingdom Teens
• Life Happens in the Spaces
• The Mentor's Farewell
• Do I Dare
• You May Call Me 'Jesus.' 
• A Question That Should Draw Us In for a Closer Look
• Have You Picked Up Any Clues?
• The Miracle Zone
• Leave 'em Guessing
• Can You Imagine - Repulsive?
• The Longest Walk
• What Do You Look For In a Face?
• What's the Deal With the Gag Order?
• The Perfect Funeral 
• There Was This Woman
• Making the Break with Culture and Orientation
• Sham Is Sham Wherever You Am
• Did You Ever Hear Someone Talking About You? 
• Politics and the Irrelevant Jesus
• Unexpected Seekers
• The Days of the Quest
• The Mysterious Wonderer
• The Light of Wonder In the Valley of Horrors
• Dark Saturday Service
• Forgiveness is Real
• From Old Familiar to New Familiar