From Matthew 27-28 How do you deal with your own remorse over sin? Judas betrayed Jesus into the hands of sinners for thirty silver. Perhaps there was a point where he could live with himself [ Read More … ]
From Matthew 24-25 The parable of the talents reminds us we are to serve Jesus. He is our master and as his servants we have a job to do. The parable reminds us that he [ Read More … ]
From Matthew 20-21 Do you resent it when you see others display generosity to others but not to yourself? This will happen to some in the kingdom of God. Today’s passage is the parable of [ Read More … ]
From Matthew 15-17 In today’s passage a Canaanite woman demonstrates amazing faith in Jesus. Jesus was only sent for the lost sheep of Israel. Despite numerous rejections she clings on to her hope that he [ Read More … ]
From Matthew 11-12 God works in mysterious ways. So does Jesus. When Jesus was preaching, healing and associating with sinners people were asking if he was the one to come or not. They did not [ Read More … ]
Pete has written a very readable book which attempts to help people struggling with how to read and interpret the bible in light of today’s debates about the bible, its interpretation and history. Link: Amazon [ Read More … ]
From Matthew 7-8 Jesus is concerned with how we live our lives. In today’s passage he gives a series of warnings and instructions for daily life. He speaks about judgment. Do you judge others? He [ Read More … ]
From Matthew 1-4 The gospel according to Matthew begins with a genealogy. Genealogies might not mean much to people today. But they were quite important to the Jews in the first century. This post is [ Read More … ]
From Zechariah 8-14 Zechariah speaks to a tired people who are rebuilding the temple. They need encouragement and the LORD speaks through him to give it to them. The LORD will return to Zion and [ Read More … ]
From Haggai 1-2 Haggai 1.15 dates the following oracle to the second year of Darius (the Persian king) and Ezra. The exiles have returned to the promised land and are half-heartedly re-constructing the temple. This [ Read More … ]