Showing compassion to those in need can be TRICKY because some kinds of "helping" actually hurt, and it can be DIFFICULT because our natural inclination is to be selfish with what we have or to judge those in need as unworthy of help. We are taught by Jesus's example though to demonstrate the anatomy of compassion...

A HEART of Compassion

A HEAD of Compassion

HANDS of Compassion

All kinds of people can be citizens of Christ's Kingdom.

Four observations from this story:

JESUS'S PRESENCE IS NO ACCIDENT

THE WOMAN'S PERSISTENCE CAN'T BE AVOIDED

THE WOMAN'S PERCEPTION IS ASTOUNDING

JESUS'S PURPOSE IS ACCOMPLISHED

The Pharisees and scribes ATTACK Jesus over his "failure" to properly teach his disciples to follow their TRADITIONS. We trace through three stages of this story...

A DISAGREEMENT

A DIAGNOSIS

A DECISION

One way Christ is an upside-down king is that he is both divine and human at the same time.

CHRIST is a MAN

CHRIST is GOD

MEN need CHRIST

King Jesus and King Herod could not be more different. The way Jesus reigns is completely upside-down from the way any human king ever has.

How we RECOGNIZE the Treasure

How we RECEIVE the Treasure

How we REJECT the Treasure

The Kingdom of God is growing...

in SIZE

in SECRET

in SEQUENCE

This is the third sermon in our Parables of the Kingdom series from Matthew 13. From the parables of the wheat and weeds and the good and bad fish we learn about three phases in the Kingdom:

(1) Current Situation

(2) Coming Separation

(3) Ceaseless Suffering

This is the second of five sermons on Jesus's Kingdom parables in Matthew 13. In it, Jesus warns against three wrong attitudes from which to hear the Word, and he commends one right attitude. A hearer of the word might be...

1) HARD-HEARTED

2) SHALLOW

3) ANXIOUS

4) TEACHABLE

This is the second of five sermons on Jesus's Kingdom parables in Matthew 13. In it, Jesus warns against three wrong attitudes from which to hear the Word, and he commends one right attitude. A hearer of the word might be...

1) HARD-HEARTED

2) SHALLOW

3) ANXIOUS

4) TEACHABLE