While the people cynically questioned God’s justice and longed for his intervention, in Malachi 2:17-3:5, God told them he would be coming in judgment after his messenger prepared the way. In the New Testament, we learn who that messenger was and what God did when he showed up, which was a shock to all.
Four short parables point to the surpassing value of the kingdom of God and the need to find it now.
In a surprising parable, Jesus taught his disciples to be shrewd in our money management to produce eternal benefits.
The final parable in our summer series appears in Luke 18:1-8. Like last week’s parable, the Parable of the Unjust Judge focuses on the...