Matthew 13:1-17 Having ears is one thing. Having ears to hear is another. Back in Moses’ day he lamented the spiritual deafness of the people: “And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto […]
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Matthew 11:20-30 Jesus has hit something of a brick wall in His evangelism (Matthew 11:20-24). He brings the living and life-giving word of God. He answers every question with the wisdom of heaven. He performs the mighty works of God. He is like a little oasis of paradise walking around planet earth. Everything that He […]
Luke 10:25-37 It’s one of the most famous stories Jesus ever told. A beautiful stranger helps a man left for dead when his own people disdain and forsake him. Those who ignore his sufferings are Levites and Priests – the holiest of the holy. The stranger is a Samaritan – from that race of hated […]
Mark 5:1-20 Can people really change? Perhaps we think that, superficially, there can be a make-over. But what about an abiding shift for good in the core of a person? Mark chapter 5 gives us such a picture. In the beginning we meet a man described like this: “A man with an unclean spirit, Who […]
Luke 7:18-35 The world is always judging Jesus. At His birth much was made of His name (Matthew 1:18-25). At His death the key issue was His identity (Matthew 26:63-65). And the central question of the Gospels is “What think ye of Christ?” (Matthew 22:42). Sometimes the labels He attracted were true and well-meant, as […]
Matthew 10:26-33 I was recently talking about open-air preaching. Someone responded: “Do you have to bother people with this stuff? Can’t you just stick inside the churches.” This man (not a Christian) perfectly expresses the spirit of the age. We are happy with privatised beliefs. We are content that folks practice their personal piety behind […]
Matthew 10:26-33 “She knows my name,” says Ted, amazed. “Some of my best friends don’t know my name.” (There’s Something About Mary.) To be known is an incredible thing. Many a marriage is destroyed when one of the spouses feels unappreciated. As they take up with someone else they will often say, “It’s just that […]
Matthew 10:26-42 “He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.” (Matthew 10:39) We can think of many examples of it… – The musician lost in her music yet, at the same time, most fully herself. – The athlete pushed beyond his “limits” but […]
Matthew 10:16-25 In Matthew 7 Jesus calls false prophets “wolves in sheep’s clothing.” Now in Matthew 10, He sends out some true prophets – the 12 disciples – and they will be “sheep in the midst of wolves.” (Matthew 10:16) When worldly prophets infiltrate the church it’s deadly. And when the church’s prophets infiltrate the […]
Matthew 10:1-15 Matthew 10:16 is a veritable menagerie of Biblical imagery: “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” Not since the ark have so many animals been crammed into so short a Scriptural space. Yet Jesus thinks we will be […]
