Tag: strangers

  • Developing True and Good Relationships: Wisdom from Proverbs 27

    Developing True and Good Relationships: Wisdom from Proverbs 27

    Today, I begin a new series about different types of relationships as they are described in the Bible. Truthfully, the entire Bible is about relationships. I have chosen to look at Proverbs 27 to see what wisdom Solomon has for us concerning the relationships we have. Everyone we know was at one time a stranger…

  • Bearing False Witness and Loving Justice- Exodus 23:1-9

    Bearing False Witness and Loving Justice- Exodus 23:1-9

    This set of laws promotes truth in society. The people were not to bear false witness, neither favoring the poor nor rich nor taking bribes. They were not to make false charges against others or misrepresent them. What is God’s goal? He desires to teach His people what it means to be just. We treat…

  • There Are Religious People, and There are Children of God

    There Are Religious People, and There are Children of God

    Matthew is transitioning from Jesus’s identity as the Messiah to the disciples’ identity as the church Jesus is building, beginning with the foundation of the apostles (Cf. 16:18-19). Jesus has made known the role for which He chose His apostles. Now, He will make known the position His disciples have in relationship to the Father…