Sabbath Day: Saturday, May 8
This week, we concluded our study of the Sermon on the Mount with a look at Matthew 7, James, and a passage from John. In these passages, Jesus offers several...
Sand-Castles or Lego-Castles
Read Matthew 7:24-29 When I go to the beach, sometimes I build sand-castles with my brother. We can spend hours digging trenches, making walls, towers and everything. One thing that...
Faith in Action
Read James 2:14-26 This passage is an important teaching on how faith must not be just “head” knowledge; it must include knowledge, which will shape your beliefs and worldview, but...
Real Response
Read Matthew 7:15-23 Do you remember playing the game, “follow the leader”? My kids used to love playing this game with me at the playgrounds around our house. They knew which...
Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled
Read John 14:1-7 These verses follow Jesus telling His disciples that He’s going away and the disciples are troubled. In John 14:1 Jesus says “do not let your hearts...
The Hard Road
Read Matthew 7:13-14 “For the gate is narrow and the road hard that leads to life, and there are few that find it.” (Matthew 7:14) I wonder how many...
Sabbath Day: Saturday, May 1
This week, we have been examining Matthew 7:12, known as the Golden Rule, by examining other New Testament passages that expound on Jesus’ call to love. What did you learn...
Selfless Love When Treated Unfairly
Read Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Ephesians 4 concludes with calling us to some specific things in order that: “…you should no longer walk as the rest of the nations walk, in the...
The Greatest Commandment
Read Mark 12:28-33 The teacher who approached Jesus recognized Jesus’ knowledge and needed a simple answer. He knew the law, but trusted that Jesus could help him truly understand...
Making Sense of the Law
Read Matthew 22:36-40 As a geometry teacher, I teach my students formulas for problem-solving in many situations. It’s better, though, and more fun, to teach them the basic theorems...