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 his opening thanksgiving and prayer, Paul focused on our three most important days.
Not only did Christ die and rise for his people, but they also died and rose with him, liberating them from sin to live...
Just like us, the people of Jesus' day spent much of their time laboring for things that perish. Just like us, they often found...