Last week we wrapped up our series on the gospel of Matthew. If you recall, we approached Matthew through the lens of several themes and motifs. One of the key themes was framed in the … Read More
Matthew 28:1-10
Read the passage here. Today is Easter Sunday. Today we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Two thousand years ago, on what we remember as Good Friday, Jesus was crucified. He was crucified … Read More
Matthew 27:11-26
Read the passage here. Today is the sixth Sunday in Lent, or (and perhaps better known as) Palm Sunday. Because of the way we’re working through the book of Matthew, the passage usually associated with … Read More
Matthew 26:69 – 27:10
Read the passage here. Today is the fifth Sunday in Lent and we are continuing our walk through the final chapters of the gospel of Matthew – that is, the passion narrative, or the part … Read More
Matthew 26:31-56
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