Aug 9, 2012 | Matthew
Following the spectacular miracle in the midst of the sea, the Lord and His disciples made it across to Gergesa. One of the apparent results of the storm was that the hoard of eavesdroppers all returned to Capernaum. When they had set sail, “there were also with him...
Aug 8, 2012 | Matthew
The great Baptist Missionary Adoniram Judson was in a Burmese prison for preaching the gospel. The king of that country was a Buddhist and was thoroughly intolerant to everything foreign, and Christ is definitely foreign to a Buddhist. It is said that one day Anne,...
Aug 7, 2012 | Matthew
This brief history of a small event in the life of Christ carries with it some huge implications. Adding the accounts of Mark and Luke to what is here in Matthew, we have a full rendering of the event. And of course, as mature Christians we believe every word of it...
Aug 6, 2012 | Matthew
Have you ever noticed that Christ Jesus never had a desire to pastor the biggest church in town? After the public healing of the demon-possessed man in the Capernaum synagogue, and then after the many miraculous healings early on Sunday evening, He went to bed –...
Aug 5, 2012 | Matthew
As I said last week, Christ Jesus was in Caperaum and had earlier in the day spent time in the local synagogue. Mark and Luke tell us that He was more than just a visitor – He was asked to speak. Both gospels speak of Jesus’ “exousia” – His unusual authority in...
Aug 4, 2012 | Matthew
There are some people who spend a great deal of time trying to disprove the miracles described in the Bible. For example in this case, they may try to minimize the fever that this woman had. I have had a fever off and on for the last couple of weeks; was I...
Aug 3, 2012 | Matthew
As we were going home last Sunday evening, Judy told me that she liked my message on the healing of the Centurion’s servant. But then she went on to say that there was a part of that scripture which I didn’t expound. She said what I didn’t preach has been as much a...
Aug 2, 2012 | Matthew
The record of this miraculous healing is given to us in both Matthew and Luke. They are not photocopies of each other and each gives us information which the other omits. I don’t want to bore you, but this afternoon’s theme is very much like the theme of this...
Aug 1, 2012 | Matthew
One of the most difficult things about Bible study is trying to see any particular scripture within its context. For example, when we study the Book of Galatians, the context makes all the difference. Galatia was a heathen region in Asia Minor evangelized by Paul,...
Jul 12, 2012 | Matthew
The Latin Vulgate version of Lord Jesus’ Sermon on Mount begins with the word “be-a-ti-tu-do.” It is embarrassing for Baptists to use a word taken from a Catholic Bible, but it is the common term. “Beatitude” is a word derived from “be-a-ti-tudo” and it is the Latin...
