One of the most familiar of Jesus’ parables is the Good Samaritan, found only in Luke 10:25-37. Jesus told the parable in a conversation with an expert in the law about how to have eternal life. While the parable’s story line is simple and memorable, it includes twists that turn the whole conversation on its head. Jesus opened the way to eternal life, although it wasn’t quite the way that the expert in the law or anyone else expected.
From prison, John the Baptist sent to ask Jesus if he was the coming one. Jesus answered by demonstrating that in the kingdom of...
In our third look at Matthew 6:1-18, which contains the Lord’s Prayer, or the Our Father, we examine the prayer itself, which serves not...
After defending true teachers in chapter 1, Peter began to expose false teachers in 2 Peter 2:1-10. With examples from Genesis, he denounced false...