The First Characteristic of Great Faith (Mat 15.21...
For the context and setup for this post, read Believe and Eat! Like the Centurion of Mat 8.5-13, the woman of Canaan...
Believe and eat! (Mat 15.21-39.)
The theme of faith and unbelief runs throughout this text, as does the theme of Jew and Gentile, and the theme of...
Jesus, the Pharisees, and Defilement (Mat 15.1-20)
The backdrop. The Messiah is portrayed in the Old Testament as a shepherd king who provides for God’s people,...
What is a parable? And why did Jesus use them?
To moderns, a parable is a helpful, illustrative story, but that is not what it is in the Bible. Hebrew parables...
Who is the true family of God? (Mat 12.46-50)
One of the burning questions of Scripture is, who is the true family of God? “That’s easy,” you think, “its...
Your “house” wasn’t meant to be ...
Earlier in Matthew 12, Jesus enraged the Pharisees by comparing them to Doeg the Edomite, who accused David to Saul...
The Son of David and the sons of Doeg.
In Matthew 12, Jesus shows that he is not only the greater Moses, he is also the greater David. All of this is...
Jesus, the Greater Moses
Jesus closes Matthew 11 by drawing to a head the running theme of chapters 2 – 11: Jesus is the greater Moses....
Christ Hymns and the early Church.
One of the things we know about the early Christians is that singing Christ Hymns was integral to the liturgy and life...
Vengeance and the Kingdom (Mat 5.38-48)
Sermon podcast Matthew Sermon 16 – Vengeance and the Kingdom – Mat 5.38-48 Podcast: Play in new...
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