Podcast The Withered Fig Tree No, Jesus wasn’t “hangry”; but he did a curse a fig tree that, despite it’s leafy appearance, refused to bear fruit. It’s a small, Read More >> Written by Josiah Boyd and Andrew Longmire June 8, 2022
Sermon, Podcast, Video Israel’s Formal Rejection of the King, Part 1 (Matthew 21:18–22:14) 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 Read More >> Written by Josiah Boyd June 5, 2022
Podcast Show What You Know As we come to the conclusion of Jesus’ parabolic teaching in Matthew 13, we are forced to ask the question: what now? What do Read More >> Written by Josiah Boyd and Andrew Longmire October 20, 2021
Sermon, Podcast, Video Story-Time With the King, Part 3 (Matthew 13:31–35, 44–52) As one reads the gospel according to Matthew, a pattern can be identified in how the author, inspired by the Holy Spirit, presents his Read More >> Written by Josiah Boyd October 17, 2021
Podcast Wheat and Weeds 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 Read More >> Written by Josiah Boyd and Andrew Longmire October 6, 2021
Sermon, Podcast, Video Story-Time With the King, Part 2 (Matthew 13:23–30, 36–43) 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 Read More >> Written by Josiah Boyd October 3, 2021
Podcast He Told Them Many Things in Parables In a dramatic shift in tactics, noted by his disciples themselves, Jesus begins teaching the crowds using parables in Matthew 13. But what brought Read More >> Written by Josiah Boyd and Andrew Longmire September 29, 2021
Sermon, Podcast, Video Story-Time With the King, Part 1 (Matthew 13:1–23) 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 Read More >> Written by Josiah Boyd September 26, 2021