Calvary Chapel of San Antonio

"I want to point out that all the men and women we are going to study through our tour of chapter 11 are recognized for their faith, but their mistakes are forgotten in eternity.

That’s just the way God is. I love that He sees my faith and chooses to overlook my failures. Again, I point out that every man and woman we will study had many faults! Yet it is their faith which got God’s attention."

"The idea here is that God is calling out to the distant lands, those who oppose Him. He demands they be silent before Him; sort-of like a judge entering a courtroom and the bailiff saying, ‘Silence in the court.’ These distant peoples are now being called into God’s courtroom of judgment. They are about to hear His sentence..."

"This parable causes more anxiety than perhaps any other parable. If you have access to a NLT, it does a much better job of translating the passage to communicate the intent. I get a lot of questions about Jesus commending the dishonest manager so let’s see if we can’t make it clear today."