Everybody who thinks you could have done better than James or John, raise your hands. "If I worked up the nerve to ask Jesus to do anything I ask him to," most of us probably think, "I'd have done a lot better than their lame-brained request. Sitting next to Jesus when he comes into his glory -- what nerve! I'd have asked for something much more worthy -- an end to war, or a cure for cancer, or at least for wisdom. Good grief, what was Jesus thinking when he recruited those two?" 

Maybe we should call it the Hot Seat Syndrome. Anyone who's ever watched the game show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, has groaned, shouted, and rolled eyes at contestants who choke on the dumbest questions. "For Pete's sake!" we mutter, "How did these nitwits ever get through the Fastest Finger questions and in…