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Wise Defense – Matthew 21:23-27
It was a successful TV detective drama on a couple of networks in the 70’s and 80’s. Columbo was the bumbling police detective who seemed confused most of the time but who was really putting
Continue reading...Overturning Tables – Matthew 21:12-17
I clearly remember as a child watching on TV the news reports about Martin Luther King Jr. and other African Americans peacefully demonstrating and, of course, the police challenging them, shooting water
Continue reading...Triumphal Entry – Matthew 21:1-11
What would you have felt if you had been a resident of Jerusalem and this man Jesus came riding through the street on a donkey? Would you have joined the throng who shouted Hosanna? Would you have been
Continue reading...Healing Mercy – Matthew 20:29-34
“Although we have no claim on God’s mercies, and although they are altogether undeserved, nonetheless they never cease. We have done much to provoke God and give Him cause to cut off His mercy
Continue reading...Servant Leadership – Matthew 20:17-28
Robert K. Greenleaf coined a phrase, ‘servant leadership,’ in a 1970 essay called The Servant as Leader, and described the servant-leader as a “servant first… It begins with the natural
Continue reading...Divine Generosity – Matthew 20:1-16
The rich young ruler (Matthew 19) had given much thought to how to acquire eternal life but upon seeking help from Jesus he refused to accept Jesus’ answer and walked away unbelieving. The thief
Continue reading...Only One Who Is Good – Matthew 19:16-30
You may remember the parody of the self-affirmation movement done by Al Franken on Saturday Night Live. His character, Stuart Smalley, affirmed to himself, “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough,
Continue reading...Little Children – Matthew 19:13-15
When Joe was doing his outreach phase of Youth With a Mission’s discipleship training school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, he kept noticing children sleeping on the street, trying to sell things on the
Continue reading...Singleness – Matthew 19:10-12
“John Robert Walmsley Stott CBE (27 April 1921 – 27 July 2011) was an English Anglican priest and theologian who was noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He was one of the principal
Continue reading...Divorce – Matthew 19:1-9
Pastors have had many couples come to them with sad stories about their marriages and often with one partner saying they want out. There is nothing that causes more a feeling of helplessness than trying
Continue reading...Forgiving the Unforgivable – Matthew 18:21-35
She worked for me, as did the other fellow in our area of work, and she wanted the position I was abdicating, but I felt the other guy was better equipped to do it so I chose him. She got angry with me,
Continue reading...Church Discipline, Church Unity – Matthew 18:15-20
A Google search reveals a plethora of headlines regarding church discipline: What does the Bible say about church discipline, 10 things you should know about church discipline, 22 mistakes pastors make
Continue reading...Tempting My Little Ones – Matthew 18:1-14
He used her for sex. His own daughter! That she came to faith in Christ is a testimony to how Jesus ministered to her in this most terrifying and tragic time in her life. The imprint of this ghastly misdeed
Continue reading...Petty Miracles – Matthew 17:22-27
I came across a cool little video about the Small Miracles Group. They decided that they would each save a dollar a day and then come together periodically to decide how to use that money they had saved.
Continue reading...Mustard Seed Faith – Matthew 17:14-20
I remember thinking that this poor man who could not speak and who desperately wanted to speak needed a miracle. He had come to the center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where we were ministering to street children
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