As one reads the gospel according to Matthew, a pattern can be identified in how the author, inspired by the Holy Spirit, presents his
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In the Fall of 2021, the Adult Sunday School class at Oakridge began working our way through the book of Malachi. What follows are
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Of the Old Testament story of Esther, the book to which we now arrive in our current study, Dr. Tom Constable notes several unique
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With a church made up of people from all sorts of backgrounds, personalities, opinions, and walks of life, there are bound to be times
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It occurred to me that someone wandering into our service today would be very confused about what just happened here. Hot tubs are for
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In the Spring of 2020, the Adult Sunday School class at Oakridge began working our way through the book of Acts. What follows are
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“If I were an advertising executive writing promotional copy for the sale of the memoirs of Nehemiah … I would have an easy and
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In the second parable of Matthew 13, Jesus tells a story about a land-owner, his wheat field, and a dastardly plot by an enemy
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The thirteenth chapter of Matthew’s gospel records an abrupt shift in Jesus’s teaching ministry. Responding to his formal rejection as messianic King by Israel’s
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After a seven-decade-long, divinely-orchestrated, and well-deserved disciplinary timeout in Babylonian exile, God’s chosen people are allowed (and encouraged!) to return back to the Promised
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In a dramatic shift in tactics, noted by his disciples themselves, Jesus begins teaching the crowds using parables in Matthew 13. But what brought
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Up to this point in Matthew’s gospel there has been a consistent and clear proclamation of the nearness of the kingdom of heaven (see
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