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.
In a series of controversies with the religious leaders, Jesus revealed the nature of the Kingdom of God and how he would bring it...
How should we get ready for the new heavens and the new earth? In his closing words in 2 Peter 3:14-18, Peter lays out...
Continuing the theme of the results of faith in Christ, Galatians 5:16-26 lists specific manifestations of the flesh (sinful nature) and of the Holy...