Chapter 26 marks a dramatic shift in Matthew’s gospel. In it is a transition from a teaching on things to come to a retelling
One can learn a great deal from reading the letters written by soldiers to their families during World War I and World War II.
The Bible is filled with contrast. Good and evil, light and darkness, joy and sorrow, hope and fear. In many cases, we’re better able
Sometimes, there is suffering in our lives that’s more like a stomach flu: we don’t really know why it’s happening, but it feels terrible.
It has been observed that “the subject of biblical prophecy is like one magnet interacting with another. For many people, it pulls them in.
Matthew has recounted Jesus’s final entrance into Jerusalem (20:29–21:17), the unrelenting opposition he faced upon arrival (21:18–22:14), and, now, his rebuke of the faithlessness
There are few more offensive concepts to the sensibilities of our contemporary culture than that of submission—the act of knowingly, willingly, intentionally, and repeatedly
It’s wise to learn from others’ errors. A child, seeing their sibling punished, can learn obedience. A student, observing a peer caught cheating, can
It is not uncommon to look forward to something for a long time only to be a tad underwhelmed, unfulfilled, or disappointed at its
If you follow the church calendar a bit, you may have noticed that last Thursday was a memorable day. In some countries it is
The God of the universe calls and invites all people to obey him, to fellowship with him, and to serve him and, like a
Today I want to talk about Romans chapter 8. Romans 8 is one of the greatest chapters in the Bible, great because it is
