Mealtime Habits Of The Messiah 40 Encounters With Jesus

Mealtime Habits of the Messiah Copyright © 2005 by Conrad Gempf Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gempf, Conrad H. Mealtime habits of the Messiah : 40 encounters with Jesus / Conrad Gempf.- 1st ed. p. cm. Includes indexes. ISBN-10: 0-310-25717-4 (pbk.) ISBN-13: 978-0-310-25717-2 1. Jesus Christ-Person and offices. I. Title. BT203.G47 2005 232.9-dc22 2005001446 The author hereby asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: Today's New International Version®. TNIV®. Copyright © 2001 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Interior design by Beth Shagene Printed in the United States of America 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 /?DCI/ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ENCOUNTER 01 Catering on Planet Earth Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." John 21:1-14 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. "I'm going out to fish," Simon Peter told them, and they said "We'll go with you." So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any fish?" "No," they answered. He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, "It is the Lord," he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught." Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. Jesus was killed because of the way he ate." You'd be hard-pressed to find a cooler soundbite about the gospels than that statement by New Testament scholar Robert Karris. I so wish I'd thought of it first. Compared to other biographies (except maybe those of famous gourmets and chefs) the gospels are bursting with meals and foods and daily bread. I'll be your tour guide through many stories about Jesus, whether they include grub or not. I've carved up the book into four main portions, corresponding to different facets of Jesus' life and work: (1) he was a teacher and more than a teacher; (2) he was a miracle worker and a healer; (3) he was a spiritual and radical guy; and (4) he was crucified and resurrected. It didn't surprise me to findGempf, Conrad is the author of 'Mealtime Habits Of The Messiah 40 Encounters With Jesus', published 2005 under ISBN 9780310257172 and ISBN 0310257174.