Matt 7:1…Now in the Sermon on the Mount we come to the Bible verse it seems everyone on earth knows.It is the basis of the wrong-headed notion, “Don’t judge me man!”The Greek word Jesus employs for ‘j...  Read More

Matt 6:19…Jesus continues The Sermon on the Mount with a view of how citizens of the kingdom of heaven will see economic forces differently from those who are citizens of the kingdom of this world.Aga...  Read More

Matt 6:1…As the Sermon on the Mount continues, Jesus reminds us of the two kingdoms present here on earth.We live in one kingdom or the other. The choice is ours. One kingdom leads to life, and the ot...  Read More

Matt 5:17…The de-emphasis of the Word of God in our day is shocking.In Jesus’ day it was no less shocking. Many hundreds of years of religious practice and tradition had so obscured the Word of God pe...  Read More

Matt 5:1…There is no greater instruction for mankind than what we read here in Matthew 5 – 7. It is the greatest teaching in the history of the world. It is the very teaching of God. If you have ever ...  Read More

Matt 4:1…Freshly ordained, where does the Holy Spirit lead Jesus?Just like Moses before Him - and king David as well - Jesus was led into a time in the desert.Moses spent 40 years on the backside of t...  Read More

Matt 3:13…We can only wonder what it was that led Jesus to come to the place where John was preaching a message of repentance and water-baptizing those who were confessing their sins.But one thing we ...  Read More

Matt 3:1…The 400-year silence between the Old and New Testaments is broken by a single word: “Repent!”Why was this the word of God’s choosing, through His chosen man? The answer is the necessity of it...  Read More

Matt 2:1…Satan sought to destroy Jesus from the day He was born.Had he not been born to parents who were so devoted to God’s plan and God’s instruction, Satan may have succeeded in ending His ministry...  Read More

Matt 1:18…Interruptions. Don’t you hate interruptions? Often an interruption is thought to be impolite.Much worse is when an interruption changes the entire course of your life.Isn’t it interesting Go...  Read More

Matt 1:1…Sometimes when we come to a big lump of names in the Bible, we tend to lift our eyes from the page and move along to the narrative. (The first 8 chapters of 1st Chronicles comes to mind.)We m...  Read More

Christmas 2022In order for the tomb to be emptied the manger had to be filled.In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. (John 1:1)For Jesus, Who IS the Word, (the ...  Read More