During three weeks, we will look at Matthew 6:1-18, moving from the outside toward the Lord’s Prayer in the middle. First we considered Jesus’ warnings about hypocrisy: doing the right things in order to receive human applause. Jesus called us rather to focus on the divine audience and receive grace upon grace from God.
One of the most controversial sections of James is James 2:14-26, because some verses sounds very different from what we find in Paul’s teaching....
Within the final greetings in his letter to the Romans, Paul included a declaration about the final victory of the church.
In a brief burst of practical instructions, we learn how to treat church leaders, other church numbers, and everyone else.