Study Desk

Some of the bigwig preachers showed their ugly hides and tried to throw a heel trap at him and get him to say something wrong. They asked him, "Is it right for a cowboy to divorce his wife?"

But Jesus was already shaking his head. "Yeah, he said that, but only because you are weak and don't understand nothin'.

It's because of this that a cowboy will leave his own parents and unite with a cowgirl and the

As Jesus rode out one day on his way to Jerusalem, a fellow come running up and got down on his knees in front of him. As he was hunkered over, he asked, "Excuse me good cowboy, but what must I do to live forever?"

You would have thought Jesus had just shot the man's favorite dog. The man was wealthy and he wasn't about to sell everything he had and put his life in the hands of someone else, let alone God.

As the man walked away with his tail between his legs, Jesus told his cowboys, "A man who won't let go of the world will never be able to fit through the entrance to God's place."

Jesus turned to them and said, "A cowboy who thinks he can get there on his own will never make it, but a cowboy who trusts in God and God alone will never miss the gate . . . or anything else."

For even the Greatest Top Hand did not come down here to ride all high and mighty, but he came to serve others, and to offer his life as a ransom for everyone else."

he threw off his poncho, jumped up, and ran in the direction of Jesus.

They slowed to a walk as they got close to Jerusalem. Jesus sent two of his cowboys ahead to a little cow camp and

Then Jesus started his ride into Jerusalem and people honored him by throwing their own coats on the ground so that even the colt's feet that carried him wouldn't touch the dirt. Some people even cut branches off of nearby trees and laid them down in the road for Jesus's mount to walk on.

Jesus rode straight to the main church in town to talk to his Daddy in heaven. After he was done, he went out to the little town of Bethany with his twelve cowboys.

said loud enough for his cowboys to hear, "May you never make fruit again."

When they got to Jerusalem, they went straight to the main church area of town. Jesus jumped off his horse and started throwing the tables of those people who were selling animals for sacrifices across the courtyard. He made quite an impression in the way he handled the money changer's booths.

Jesus and his cowboys spent all day in town. They left as the sun started to set and they loped off into the darkness.

Jesus didn't so much as turn his head as he said, "Have faith in God.

Did John's authority to baptize come from heaven or did he just make it up on his own? Answer that."

But if we say it was just his own idea, all these people will get mad because they believe John was a true cowboy of God."

Finally, they turned back to Jesus and said, "We don't know."Jesus shook his head and then said, "If you don't even know who John was, then I ain't going to tell you who I am or where my authority comes from."

he sent one of his cowboys back to get the share of his calves for the lease.