Title: Look Closer Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “Why have you done this?” For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you that the sea may be calm for us?”—for...

Title: You Are Out of Options 26 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,  27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. Opening Thoughts: There’s no “easy” translation for this, it’s consistent...

Title: The Lonely Ember 23 Let’s hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;  24 and let’s consider how to encourage one another in love and good deeds,  25 not abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but encouraging one another; and all the more...

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“Context is King“ I wanted to look at one of my favorite passages in the Gospel of Matthew, when Jesus is delivering the Sermon on the Mount, because it contains some of the most misunderstood, and misapplied teaching of Jesus in all of Scripture.  If we know the cultural context, and the original audience, we...

Title: 6×3 Part Two 19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,  20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, through His flesh,  21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,  22 let’s approach...

Title: 6×3 Part One 19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,  20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, through His flesh,  21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,  22 let’s approach...

“I Will Build My Church”

“The Standard of God“ I.  We can learn from Paul’s style v1 (read) Here we see Paul return to his familiar method of rhetoric.  He takes the position of the opposition (something today we often call “Devil’s Advocate”) in order to answer all objections. This is a method that Paul was a master of, and...