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MATTHEW 16.21-28 | Jesus describes His death to the disciples in a more complete way then He ever has before and they are shocked. It isn’t just that they don’t want Him to suffer, but their entire understanding of His kingship is based on His authoritative rule. Their hope is built on His power. Jesus […]

MATTHEW 16.13-20 | There is a narrative that has become popular that describes the church as a human industrial response to the concept of God. It gives credit to the Catholic Church or Constantine or the Middle Ages to making something that replaces God’s original plan. We can see here that the church was very […]

MATTHEW 16.1-12 | Being Christians in the world is not an easy task. The Christian life forces us to be discerning; we have to not just be reactionary, but wise. Too often Christians are known for being gullible: connect the name of Jesus to it, put a cross on it and you can sell it […]

MATTHEW 15.21-31 | When we think of Jesus healing, our minds go to the lame walking, the mute talking and the sick being made well. For good reason, this is what Jesus did. But, there is much more to healing then taking away infirmaries. Jesus is revealing in individual and physical ways what He will […]

MATTHEW 15.1-20 | The law of God is not the measure of our holiness. As Jesus has made clear before in His confrontations with the Pharisees, the law is necessary to guide us because we are blind to the goodness of God. If we put God’s goodness into the dos and do nots of the […]