Mike Slay
As a mathematician, inventor, and ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in America, Mike Slay brings an analytical, conversational, and even whimsical approach to the daily study of God's Word.
Jesus Rebukes the Wind and the Waves
Why are they so impressed this time?
Jesus, Your Mother and Brothers are Outside Desiring to See You
They didn't say, "now."
Jesus Tells, and Explains, the Parable of the Sower
This passage is easy as long as you duck the predestination issues.
The 12 Are Joined by Women of Very Low and Very High Status.
Status doesn't impress Jesus.
Luke, Week 9: Jesus Acts Anointed
They Declared God Just
but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves.
Among Those Born of Women, None Is Greater Than John
Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
Fear Seized Them All
Seeing a dead man sit up and talk is pretty scary.
Luke, Week 8: Jesus Teaches with Authority
Jesus sets His disciples up for their coming persecution with the beatitudes and the command to love their enemies. He points out that some people call Him Lord yet don’t do what He commands. A Centurion understands what the disciples do not. This teaches the true meaning of the word Lord.
I Tell You, Not Even in Israel Have I Found Such Faith
What does this Centurion know that no one else knows?