Jesus uses this opportunity to speak to the Pharisees about two topics He knows to be very important to them. He gives them a different way of thinking about these things with a Kingdom-minded mentality. He
Luke 7:11-17 Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. It’s known as the miracle of Jesus raising a widow’s son. It’s one of the
Unfortunately, religiosity can be rife with pride. Our Scripture today from the final chapter of Galatians addresses this very issue. Paul ends his letter with a fierce warning about not "boasting in the flesh." He writes
When they came to the land of Canaan, Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Then the LORD appeared
When we read healing passages in the Bible, we tend to have 2 major responses: Either You have to fight a deeper sense of skepticism. It’s as if the Scriptures were talking about something so far
For I delivered to you as “of first importance” what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day
Sometimes it’s easy to spot someone who isn’t genuine, isn’t it? Sometimes it’s not so easy. We can be deceived by someone’s exterior appearance, their words, or a false presentation. Today I want to give
The Gospel that says no matter what you’ve done, who you are, or how you think your past defines you, The ground is level at the foot of the cross, the love of Father, Son, Holy
We hear the words of the Apostle Peter in his first epistle today, and he quotes the psalmist in Psalm 34. Both are calling us to a very specific, counter-cultural way of life—a life marked by
Jesus looks at the crowds, and He looks at us, saying: "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven." To understand the
Jesus told a parable in our Gospel today that was motivated from something he observed. He was at a party and when he looked around he noticed a theme: Rich, powerful, and people of position. In
Our minds won’t fully grasp our Triune God, the one and only Three in One, until we are face to face with Him. The good news is that He has never asked us to ‘understand’ Him