Read the passage here. Today is the second Sunday of Lent and we’re continuing on in the Passion narrative in the gospel of Matthew. Last week, we looked at the Last Supper passage, and hopefully … Read More
Matthew 26:17-30
Read the passage here. Today is the first Sunday of Lent. It’s the season before Easter where, traditionally in the Christian church, we prepare ourselves for the death and resurrection of Christ – that is … Read More
Matthew 26:1-16
Read the passage here. Our passage today begins the closing narrative arc of Matthew’s gospel. Over the next several weeks (a couple months), we are going to be looking at Matthew’s passion narrative – that … Read More
Matthew 25:1-30
Read the passage here. Our passage today covers two parables which follow on the first part of the discourse from last week (as a side-note, I don’t think I mentioned that as of last week, … Read More
Matthew 24:1-51
Read the passage here. When I was a teenager, as many of you probably know, I attended a Pentecostal church. And the group that I grew up with, along with our youth pastor (and his … Read More
Matthew 23:13-39
Read the passage here. It should be obvious that the verses we’re looking at today are directly related to the verses we read last week, which are also situated in this section of Matthew as … Read More
Matthew 22:41 – 23:12
Read the passage here. Though it’s been a little while since we’ve looked at Matthew’s gospel, we’re not going to do a complete review. However, a few of the key themes that we’ve been looking … Read More
Advent IV (2020)
Read the passage here. Today is the fourth Sunday of Advent. And I trust that everyone’s Christmas preparations, both practical and spiritual, are going well. Thus far in our Advent series, we have been following … Read More
Advent III (2020)
Read the passage here. Two thousand years ago, the people of Israel had been living under Roman rule. In many ways, this was better than when they lived under the Babylonians or the Assyrians. They … Read More
Advent I (2020)
Read the passage here. Today is the first Sunday of Advent. As you all know, Advent is that season before Christmas. It begins today, four Sundays before Christmas. Advent has both an element of remembrance … Read More