Jan 26, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
When I was first saved and hearing my first Christian sermons – first at my home church, then while away at University and finally at Bible school – it appeared that my pastors believed that there was only one use for this scripture. They dogmatically declared that...
Jan 18, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
This is a complicated paragraph. I don’t think that I understand it very well, partially because of my limited knowledge of those customs. The subject is further complicated by the mixed definitions of some of the related words. Take the word “swear” for...
Jan 12, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
The word “woe” is used in thirty-three verses of the New Testament. It is one rendition of the Greek word “ouai” (oo-ah’-ee). I mention this because “ouai” is also translated as “alas” in three verses in the Book of...
Dec 28, 2014 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
A group of Sadducees had come to Christ Jesus with a question about life beyond physical death. That is both interesting and confusing, because the Sadducees didn’t believe in life after death. As Acts 23:8tells us, “the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,...