In our third look at Matthew 6:1-18, which contains the Lord’s Prayer, or the Our Father, we examine the prayer itself, which serves not only as a prayer of Christians of all places and times but also as a model for our praying. It consists of an initial address to God, three requests for God’s glory, and three requests for our more pressing needs.
Four short parables point to the surpassing value of the kingdom of God and the need to find it now.
Just like us, the people of Jesus' day spent much of their time laboring for things that perish. Just like us, they often found...
Ever since there began to be two groups preaching and baptizing, there were those who wanted to set up a competition between them. In...