Jesus’ sermon on the mount calls people to greater righteousness (Matt. 5:17-20). He concludes the sermon with a series of illustrations that show that there are only two categories of…
After completing their first missionary journey, Paul and Barnabas retraced their steps to help strengthen the brethren where they had established churches (Acts 14:21-22). Their example reminds us that our…
Are you ever distressed by the evil that is in the world? What can we do? Here we have another parable that in Matthew occurs in the same context as…
Have you ever been on a road trip and gotten lost? If that’s ever happened to you, you know the importance of having a map or GPS. Just like that…
The Bible is our guide for all that we do (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Tim. 1:13). In a letter to Timothy, Paul wrote about deacons and their qualifications (1 Tim.…
Last year we spent a good deal of time thinking about how Scripture encourages us to trust in Jesus and to be confident in our faith in Christ. We need…
Farming is hard work and takes great patience and great faith. A good harvest depends on just the right conditions: the right preparation, the right soil, the right weather, etc.…
Christianity is not an easy life, but it isn’t impossible either. God would not have gone to such lengths to save us, redeem us and call us into fellowship with…