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 Thessalonian believers followed the good example of their faithful ministers.
There are two basic principles that enable Christians with differing convictions on debatable matters to live together in harmony in the church.
Irony occurs when a situation turns out to be the opposite of what is expected. Dramatic irony is when the author and the audience...