“What is truth?” Pilate asked. Then he went out again to the people and told them, “He is not guilty of any crime.” John 18:38 NLT
Beauty may be in the eye o...
Matthew 7:21-29
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian, was aware of the deception and delusion of his church tradition. He described their teaching as “ch...
Matthew 7:15-20
“If you are going to place poison on a shelf where you have healing medicines, you had better label it clearly.”
Life is full of warnings....
Matthew 7:13, 14
Our lives are filled with decisions. Choices come on a regular basis. But the decision to follow or not to follow Jesus is the most importan...
Matthew 7:7-12
An ancient rabbinic tale tells of how the spot for a temple was selected. Two brothers lived on adjacent farms, worked the fields, and divided...
Matthew 7:1-5
Psychologists tell us we use defense mechanisms to defend ourselves. One of them is projection or attributing to others the undesirable charact...
Matthew 6:25-34
A reporter once visited a widow who had raised six children and had adopted six more. He asked the woman how she had been able to this by her...
Matthew 6:19-24
Possessions can give us joy. Our possessions can help us make a status statement. They can also lead us into debt. Worse yet, they can steal ...
Matthew 6:16-18
The story is told of a financially depressed American couple living in Switzerland. They were involved in a program of study that lasted thre...
Matthew 6:9-15
John Hannah said, “The end of prayer is not so much tangible answers as a deepening life of dependency…The call to prayer is a call to love, s...
Matthew 6:9-15
Charles H. Spurgeon, a great English Baptist pastor, said, “A prayerless church member is a hindrance, he is in the body like a rotting bone, ...
Matthew 6:5-8
How does it work? Does it work? There is uncertainty, confusion, and comfort that surround any teaching on prayer.
If we major on the sovere...
