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The Least of These – Matthew 25:31-46
Righteous Among the Nations. That’s the designation Israel gave to Oskar Schindler, who employed and thus rescued 1,200 Jews from the death camps during the Nazi reign of terror in Europe during
Continue reading...Be Faithful Over a Little – Matthew 25:1-30
It is easy to compare myself with someone who is a mover and a shaker and find myself coming up short. That may not be entirely bad, because the example of the mover and shaker might help me to accomplish
Continue reading...Be Ready – Matthew 24:36-51
CBS television network describes its show “Undercover Boss” as “a reality series that follows high-level executives as they slip anonymously into the rank-and-file of their own organizations.
Continue reading...Mourn – Matthew 24:29-25
One of the stumbling blocks of Christianity for many unbelievers is that we believe that Jesus is the only way to right relationship with God. Jesus is the only way to truth and life (John 14:6), as he
Continue reading...Abomination of Desolation – Matthew 24:15-28
I know a precious believer who suffered great anxiety and fear whenever he heard a sermon about the end times and the suffering that will take place. The descriptions that Jesus gives in Matthew of the
Continue reading...Cold Love – Matthew 24:1-14
The 2018 news story read, “A man who crashed his car Thursday night attacked at least five people, including two children, who stopped to help him before a Cuyahoga County sheriff’s deputy
Continue reading...My Inner Cup – Matthew 23:25-28
Have you seen the new Disney film Aladdin? It only got a 57% rating from the critics on Rotten Tomatoes but a 94% audience approval. I like the message. Aladdin is a street urchin, living hand to mouth,
Continue reading...Workarounds – Matthew 23:16-24
I like this Wikipedia explanation of a workaround: “A workaround is a bypass of a recognized problem or limitation in a system. A workaround is typically a temporary fix that implies that a genuine
Continue reading...Hardened to Truth – Matthew 23:13-15
One of my favorite Christian apologists (defenders of Christian faith) is Hugh Ross. He is a scientist who has developed a huge reservoir of scientific defenses of the Biblical teaching. He was an atheist
Continue reading...Rejecting Power – Matthew 23:1-12
I came across an article online asking how power corrupts leaders. The article was very helpfully descriptive of the way people invested with power can misuse it, from “exception making” (I’m
Continue reading...David’s Lord, David’s Son – Matthew 22:34-46
It is easy to fail to pay attention to some detail in Scripture that is entirely critical and determinative of meaning. When reading Psalm 110:1, for example, it is critical to note that David is writing
Continue reading...Marriage in the Kingdom – Matthew 22:22-33
Have you considered why it is that there will be no marriage in the kingdom? Or how that will affect your relationship to your spouse, assuming you and your spouse will both be in the kingdom? This has
Continue reading...Render to Caesar – Matthew 22:15-22
The underground church of China is living under a government that requires registration of churches and yet resist registration because they believe they should not be so governed in the expression of
Continue reading...Clout – Matthew 22:1-14
A Forbes magazine contributor talks about digital world Klout. “Klout is the brainchild of a San Franciso-based startup that aggregates your following, the number of times you are re-Tweeted or
Continue reading...Patient in Judgment – Matthew 21:28-46
One of the common objections I hear to belief in the God of Scripture is that He is such an ogre in the Old Testament. He claims to be merciful and compassionate, but He’s “always” destroying
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