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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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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When I was a kid, I used to hate going on road trips. I would get really bored, and even when there were things
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It’s been said that failures are like a compost heap—they stink but are the most fertile part of the garden! We’ve all experienced failure
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Matthew 12 reads like the transcript of the final scenes of a long courtroom drama—The People v. Jesus of Nazareth. It’s a trial that
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I have always been a lover of hero stories. I love stories about people who face what appear to be difficult odds and somehow
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It’s amazing how the physical presence of an employer can impact the work of their employees. When the boss shows up frivolity fades, laziness
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On July 23, the Canadian women’s eight rowing crew won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The team is made up of
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In our study of the seven churches of Revelation we have come to the last church. Laodicea was a big town, a rich town.
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Christianity asserts a number of seemingly counterintuitive truths. For example, wealth comes through poverty, maturity through childlikeness, exaltation by submission, life via death, glory
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A common practice for many sport teams is to watch film from previous games. Oftentimes a coach will lead these viewings, stopping the tape
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For the past several weeks we have been studying the letters to the Seven Churches found in the second and third chapters of the
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