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 Ruth 4, we come to the conclusion of the story of Ruth. However, the author has several surprises in store for us readers...
In a series of verbal skirmishes with religious leaders, Jesus showed who we are and how we should live as the image of God...
In response to King Saul’s second major error and his excuse, Samuel famously declared that to obey is better than sacrifice.