Read Matthew 5:1-11 “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:10) This has been a challenging year like no other. The...
Over the course of the last few days, we have been reading challenging words from Jesus: “take up your cross,” “deny yourself,” “follow me,” “I did not come to bring...
Read John 6:60-69 “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. For...
Read Matthew 10:32-39 Among the elders at the church I attended in college was an assistant district attorney. Affable and energetic, he made a point of encouraging the visiting students...
Read Matthew 16:24-28 “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” (Matthew 16:24) I remember when as a teenager I had...
Read Mark 3:13-19 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He...
Read Mark 2:13-17 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them....
Read Matthew 4:18-25 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew....
Gospel Truth: THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS IS FOR ALL PEOPLE This week we looked at the beginnings of Jesus’ ministry. It is the announcement of a new message rooted in the...
Read Ephesians 2:11-22 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision”...
