One of the surprises in Matthew is that Jesus greatest opposition comes from the people who should be most excited he has come … the Religious Leaders.

Chapter 8 sees the beginning of Jesus ministry. He establishes by is actions he is the saviour God promised to send. The surprise in these chapters is the response to Jesus. Jesus also challenges his followers to work at building the Kingdom.

Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” (John 6:28-29)

Anthony retells the story of the Woman at the well from the woman's perspective ... what she might have seen and felt about her encounter with Jesus.

Are there poeple you envy? Do you sometimes think that others have the "good" life ... and that being Christian means you are missing out?

In this Wisdom Psalm the writer wants to point out the fact that money can't give the security that you might think it can ... and there is one things that money can't do.

One characteristic of Australians is that they seem willing to forgive people. David, the king of Israel, says that the most praise-worthy thing about God is his willingness to forgive.

Christmas is a time when we can experience a whole range of emotions - happiness, surprise, sadness, etc.Two of the big emotions of the very first Christmas day were fear and joy. We see those emotions in the story of the shepherds.

Christians can sometimes be motivated by wrong things in their Christian lives - fear, guilt, pride, obligation, etc. The Bible says our primary motivation as we seek to follow Jesus should be God's grace to us in Jesus.

Grace is the doctrine that stands at the very heart of Christianity. Grace is the defining difference between Christianity and all the other religions of the world. But we struggle to understand grace ... and often think that our relationship with God is achieved by our effort. Jesus seeks to correct that thinking in Matthew 20:1-16.