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.
Although the original readers of Peter’s letter were experiencing relatively mild opposition from their neighbors, in I Peter 3:8-22, he wanted to prepare them...
Because God's power is greater than ours, we ought to obey God, knowing that the joy he gives is greater than suffering humans can...
In a series of controversies with the religious leaders, Jesus revealed the nature of the Kingdom of God and how he would bring it...