During three weeks, we are looking 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. This week we looked at Jesus’ three instructions about how to pray: in secret, with simplicity, and with forgiveness.
People asked Jesus about when and where the kingdom of God would come, but Jesus focused on the fact that it’s already present and...
In this section of Daniel, there is the clearest declaration in the Old Testament of the resurrection and eternal life.
In God’s second dispute with his people, recorded in Malachi 1:6-14, he accused the priests and the people of despising him. After they objected,...
