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Holy Week Timeline: According to Matthew’s Gospel
Holy Week at a Glance Sunday (21:1-17) Triumphal Entry Into JerusalemCleansing of the TempleJesus and His disciples spent the night in Bethany. Start in 28:1 (Sunday) and trace the days of the week back.28:17 Monday (21:18-23:39) Jesus curses a fig tree.Jesus’s authority is questioned.Jesus tells parables and answers accusations.Jesus exposes the religious leaders in Jerusalem…
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Divorce, Remarriage, and God
In the previous discourse, we discovered the nature of our involvement in the kingdom of heaven and the nature of our relationships to other Christians. We are adopted children. We are here to serve our brothers and sisters in Christ. Our relationships and place in the kingdom are built on unconditional and unlimited forgiveness. Today,…
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On Trippin’ Christians
Jesus taught that sons are exempt from the civil and ceremonial laws of the Torah while strangers are under the Law. In order to enter the kingdom of heaven, we must be converted to be like a child rather than a stranger. It is better for anyone who causes a child of God to stumble…
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Buck Tradition
“We’ve always done it that way,” I heard a long-time member of a church I served a while back say when I mentioned that I wanted to evaluate the way we were doing ministry according to Scripture. Jesus taught about the place of traditional practices. When we hear Jesus’s teaching, something about His person and…
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Becoming a Complete Person
As we read verse 1 in Matthew’s Gospel, we must also read verse 17 in Chapter 1. We must also remember that Matthew’s Gospel is written by a Jew to Jews in order to prove that Jesus is the Messiah. Numerology was very important to Jews. While modern westerners, I think, have used the idea…
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Did Jesus Really Die For Everyone?
Submit your questions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by using the contact page. In Genesis 15, God makes a promise to Abraham. His descendants will inherit the land of Canaan. God also revealed to Abraham that it would be 400 years, after the iniquity of the Amorites was completed, before his descendants inherited the land.…
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Dear Leader, part 12 (Depression, Where Does God Want Me To Be?)
This exercise is a continuation of a series we started at Grace with our leadership while I served as interim there. For those who are not pastors or deacons, but who lead in some capacity in any arena of life, these books are a tremendous resource in Scripture. I encourage all of those who would…
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Dear Leader, part 11 (Ministerial Depression and Jesus)
This exercise is a continuation of a series we started at Grace with our leadership while I served as interim there. For those who are not pastors or deacons, but who lead in some capacity in any arena of life, these books are a tremendous resource in Scripture. I encourage all of those who would…
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What is the Christian Faith? Part 3
Today I want to do some trivia. Below you will find a statement that is sometimes taught as coming from Scripture and we are going to find out whether or not the statement actually represents Scripture well. __________________ __________________ “God helps those who help themselves.” This is actually from Aesop’s Fable, “Hercules and the Waggoner.”…









