Submit to the Lord
Pray for Your Church (1)“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16.18 A watershed momentThis verse is a watershed moment in the gospel of Matthew. A corner is turned; a direction is indicated; […]
Lesson 8: Turning the Other Cheek
Thank you for joining me today as we reflect on Matthew 5:38-42. In this passage, Jesus challenges our instinct for retaliation and calls his followers to embody a radical Kingdom ethic of grace and selflessness. Beyond the Law of Retaliation Jesus begins by quoting the well-known legal principle, “You have heard that it was said, […]
Salvation Is of the Lord
Jesus throughout the Scriptures: Pre-exilic Prophets 1 (2) Pray Psalm 3.3, 4.But You, O LORD, are a shield for me,My glory and the One who lifts up my head.I cried to the LORD with my voice,And He heard me from His holy hill.Selah Sing Psalm 3.3, 4.(Eventide: Abide with Me)You are a mercy shield about me, LORD,raising me by Your glory […]
Into Christ
Disciples and Disciple-making (11)I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3.14 The goal of discipleship is to be found in Christ, in knowing Him (Jn. 17.3), becoming more like Him (2 Cor. 3.12-18), bearing witness to Him (Acts 1.8), and, ultimately, seeing Him face to face […]
A Slow Creep
Our readings in this series are from the book, The Church Captive. Here is a brief excerpt from pages 38 and 39: “The process whereby human traditions supplant Biblical teaching does not happen suddenly. The Church falls into a season of captivity not by revolution, but by a slow creep. Ideas and practices, foreign to the Gospel and the […]
Scared
Luke 8:34–39 (ESV) When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in […]