In the earlier parables, Jesus left people wondering what he meant. In the latter parables, Jesus was often very direct. For example, in Matthew 21:33-46, Jesus spoke a parable directly against the leaders of the Temple in Jerusalem. They had no problem understanding the parable, but they trapped themselves by their reaction to it. We too need to be careful not to fall into the same trap.
At first glance, it looked like Matthew made a big mistake in his genealogy of Jesus by placing him in the line of David,...
The expression, “the body of Christ,” has become such a common name for the church that we may not reflect upon what it means...
In a series of events that recall important Old Testament stories, God delivered James THROUGH death, delivered Peter FROM death, and handed Herod over...