https://www.tyrminal.com/tags/debt/Recent content in Debt on TyrminalHugoen-usThu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.tyrminal.com/faith/the-man-on-the-mat/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.tyrminal.com/faith/the-man-on-the-mat/<h1 id="the-man-on-the-mat">The Man on the Mat</h1> <p>There is a detail in John 5 I had read past for twenty years.</p> <p>A man has been lying by the pool at Bethesda for thirty-eight years. Jesus walks up and asks him a question that sounds almost rude: &ldquo;Would you like to get well?&rdquo;</p> <p>The man does not say yes.</p> <p>He explains. He says he has no one to put him in the water, and somebody else always gets there first. That is not an answer. That is a status report on why the situation is not his fault.</p>