Where is Your Treasure?
In the first half of Matthew 6, Jesus describes the believer’s private life (giving, praying, fasting); in the second half he is concerned with our...
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Just Do It
Why do you do what you do—to gain the adoration of God or of others? Jesus teaches his disciples to be careful to not “practice...
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No Ordinary Faith
In the Sermon on the Mount, it becomes evident that Jesus believed authentic faith should shape how his disciples relate to people around them. It’s...
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Raise The Bar
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus doesn’t lower the bar when it comes to the law, he raises it. By making it clear that...
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#Blessed
Jesus challenges conventional thinking, in his time and ours, about what it means to be “blessed.” In the Beatitudes, Jesus shows us the marks of an extraordinary life of faith. The...
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Easter: It is Finished
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In To Your Hands I Commit My Spirit
Jesus’ last words, like his first words, on the cross, were a prayer. William Barclay suggests that this prayer could very well be a prayer...
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I Thirst
John 4 and John 7 present Jesus as Living Water. As Jesus hangs on the cross, we see a picture of the living water drying up –...
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Woman Behold Your Son
Jesus models abiding in the 5th commandment here. He is caring for his mother who loves him as much as a mother can love a...
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Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise
“For the Son of Man came to seek out and save the lost. (Luke 19:10).” Jesus’ love for us drove him to the cross. I...
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Father, Forgive Them
Sin is deadly. Grace is not cheap. Jesus is both God’s message and God’s messenger. On the cross, all the sin in the world was...
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The Story of Restoration
We live in a world filled with suffering, pain, conflict, and disease. The Bible promises it will not always be this way. Creation itself will...
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