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Is It I – Matthew 26:14-25

I get a great kick out of the story of Pastor Michael Hartwig of Valparaiso, Indiana, describing his bout with pride: I started visiting a man in a nursing home who had been instrumental in starting the

Extravagant Worship – Matthew 26:1-13

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/ By Randall Johnson

I love the picture of king David dancing before the Lord as he led the procession of the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:16). It was extravagant worship. Darlene Zschech, pastor of Hope

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Charitable Giving – 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

A November 2013 poll called Connected to Give found that, “The more important religion is to a person, the more likely that person is to give to a charity of any kind, among Americans who claim

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,

Workarounds – Matthew 23:16-24

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/ By Randall Johnson

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

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

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

David’s Lord, David’s Son – Matthew 22:34-46

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/ By Randall Johnson

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

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

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