Apr 1, 2014 | Matthew
There once was a day when people were very confused about physical nature of the planet earth. Nearly everyone thought that the world was flat, and that there was very real danger of falling off, if someone went to far and lost his balance out near the edge. It is...
Mar 11, 2014 | Matthew
The adult Bible class for next week will be all about the Bible – the study sheet is on the lectern in the foyer. One of the questions involves Isaiah 53:7 – “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the...
Mar 10, 2014 | Matthew
This parable was apparently spoken on the Tuesday of Jesus’ last week – often called “the Passion Week.” It was a day of hand-to-hand conflict with the Jewish authorities – the Sanhedrin, with the chief priests, the Sadducees, the Herodians, and as we see toward the...
Mar 9, 2014 | Matthew
During His last week on earth, Christ Jesus spent quite a bit of time in the Temple. The Temple was where both the sincere AND the highly insincere – the hypocritical – gathered. I have little doubt that some during those last few hours came to the realization that...
Mar 8, 2014 | Matthew
I have several books about the life of Christ, and I have read several others which I no longer own. They come from the pens of different men with different back grounds and some with differing agendas. In reading these books, we find that in the early chapters there...
Mar 7, 2014 | Matthew
There is a great deal of well-intentioned Christian service in this world which is not God-approved. I am talking about churches, literature ministries and media ministries. It is not a new phenomenon, because we find them in the Bible. I’m thinking about the...
Mar 6, 2014 | Matthew
In Matthew chapter 24, the Lord Jesus speaks extensively about the future of Israel. He talks about “wars and rumors of wars” – about tribulation and false Christs and false prophets. He says, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be...
Mar 4, 2014 | Matthew
There is a record of Christ cleansing the Temple, in all four of the gospels, so it must have been important. But there are significant differences between John and what is found in the Synoptic Gospels. John says, “And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went...
Mar 3, 2014 | Matthew
I wonder who first came up with the idea of calling this event “Christ’s Triumphal Entry.” It seems to me – that title is completely inappropriate. I wonder if the author of this title was a Protestant with confused ideas about the Millennial Kingdom. Even though...
Mar 2, 2014 | Matthew
One of the blessings of this kind of Bible study is that I’m not confined to one style of preaching. The general idea is to progress through Matthew expositorily – exposing the message of God. Once in a while my message is purely expositional, but that usually means...
