Precepts Audio

PA403 Matthew 20:17-34 mp3 Matthew Series 44 In this message, the Lord once again predicts His upcoming death, burial, and resurrection. The mother of James and John asks the Lord to let her sons sit on His right and left in His kingdom. We discuss why this was so inappropriate. The other disciples are indignant, […]

PA402 Matthew 20:1-16 mp3 Matthew Series 43 In this message, the Lord teaches the parable of the vineyard. A landowner hires laborers to work harvesting his vineyard. He hires some at dawn, some the third hour, some the sixth, some the ninth, and some the eleventh. Yet when the time for payment comes, he pays […]

PA401 Matthew 19:10-30 mp3 Matthew Series 42 In this message, the Lord further explains to His disciples His teaching on marriage and divorce. He blesses the little children, though the disciples try to shoo them away. A rich young man comes to Him and asks how he can inherit eternal life. The Lord gives him […]

PA400 Matthew 19:1-9 mp3 Matthew Series 41 In this message, the Pharisees come to the Lord, wondering if it is permissible for a man to divorce his wife for any reason? The Lord answers by an appeal to Genesis and the fact that God made them one flesh. The Pharisees wonder then why Moses commanded […]

PA399 Matthew 18:18-35 mp3 Matthew Series 40 In this message, the Lord tells His disciples whatever they bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever two or three of them agree on will be done by His Father. Does this say something about prayer, and is this true today? Then, Peter asks the […]

PA398 Matthew 18:7-17 mp3 Matthew Series 39 In this message, the Lord warns His disciples that it is better to cut off your hand or your foot and enter into life than to be cast into eonian fire. What was the lesson the Lord was truly teaching? The good shepherd with a hundred sheep seeks […]

PA397 Matthew 17:14-18:6 mp3 Matthew Series 38 In this message, the Lord with Peter, James, and John come down the mountain from the transfiguration and find a man with a lunatic son who had brought him to the Lord’s nine disciples for healing, and they had been unable to do so. After the Lord healed […]

PA396 Matthew 17:1-13 mp3 Matthew Series 37 In this message, the Lord takes Peter, James, and John up a very high mountain, where they see Him transfigured and speaking with Moses and Elijah. We discuss how these two ancient historical figures could have been present with the Lord on the mount. When Peter speaks the […]

PA395 Matthew 16:21-28 mp3 Matthew Series 36 In this message, the Lord for the first time announces to His disciples His coming suffering, death, and resurrection. Peter, however, takes Him to one side and chides Him that this will never happen! The Lord rebukes him for this, and assures them that if anyone wishes to […]

PA394 Matthew 16:13-20 mp3 In this message, the Lord questions His disciples as to Who men say He is. They answer John the Baptist, or Elijah, or Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. We discuss the probably origins of each of these ideas. When He asks them Who they think He is, Peter answers He […]