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.
In Jonah 2, we take a break from the narrative to read a poem of thanksgiving that Jonah prayed when he was detained for...
One of Paul’s purposes in visiting Rome was to receive help to get the gospel all the way to Spain.
After ruling out the possibility of being right with God through the law, Paul presented the only way – through faith in Jesus Christ.