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.
The Proverbs are both idealistic and realistic about marriage, showing us how it should be and helping us to get there.
The opposite results of David’s and Saul’s desperate measures hold lessons about how to live in the world while not being of the world.
After the dismal failures of Israel during the time of the judges, the restoration began with the birth of a son to a barren...
