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
Matthew 22:15-40
Read the passage here. Again, we are covering quite a bit of text, and so we won’t be able to say everything about these verses as we would probably like. But, also again, we are … Read More
Matthew 22:1-14
Read the passage here. We have now been working through the gospel of Matthew for a little over a year (we began last October). We always take a break from whatever we’re studying for the … Read More
Matthew 20:1-28
Read the passage here. Our passage today is again a fairly large one, so we are going to not spend as much time on it as it probably deserves. However, we’re looking at such a … Read More
Matthew 19:16-30
Read the passage here. I imagine that most folks are familiar with our passage today. There are several questions and themes associated with this passage. The most obvious has to do with the nature of … Read More
Matthew 19:1-12
Read the passage here. I want to acknowledge that this is a difficult passage. It may be a difficult passage because of the way that we’ve heard this passage explained over the years – it’s … Read More
Matthew 18:15-35
Read the passage here. The passage that we’re looking at today contains two sections which I think are distinct, but closely related. As always, we want to pay attention to how they’re related to the … Read More