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.
After the dismal failures of Israel during the time of the judges, the restoration began with the birth of a son to a barren...
Christian thinking is thinking like Jesus, especially as seen in his becoming one of us to die on the cross.
Because of God’s work of salvation in us, we need to work out our salvation.
