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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...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...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...Listen to Jesus – Matthew 17:1-13
I was talking with a friend about our mission trip experiences and I recalled a trip I had made to Ecuador, where we were doing house-to-house evangelism using the Evangecube. We came to one house and
Continue reading...Lose Your Life – Matthew 16:21-28
One of the things I used to hate the most was being wrong. To me that was super embarrassing and reflected my inadequacy. So I would often resist expressing an opinion in order not to risk being wrong
Continue reading...Certainties – Matthew 16:13-20
Jesus has come to a watershed moment in his ministry. He has traveled about as far as one can from the center of Jewish worship and still be in the greater holy land area. His opposition is steeling itself
Continue reading...Faith-Boost – Matthew 15:29-39
What’s wrong with me? I see God do mighty things, like rid someone of a demon or solve a difficult life issue, but the very next time I am faced with the same situation, I feel nervous about whether
Continue reading...Unusual Signs – Matthew 14:34-36
You don’t have to scour the internet very long to find testimonies of miracles people have experienced. Are all of them real? Of course not. But I have no doubt that many of them are and that God
Continue reading...Walk on Water – Matthew 14:22-33
I’m a little nuts about the movie Tombstone and the character of Doc Holliday, played by Val Kilmer. After Wyatt Earp has just braved charging the enemy and defeating them in a hail of bullets, one
Continue reading...Willful Unbelief – Matthew 12:22-32
I have a blog called Ask the Pastors, where people are invited to ask Bible related questions of pastors, though, truth be told, I am the only pastor answering (Hey, it started out with more than one pastor
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