Jesus talks about money a lot. Out of His 40 parables and stories, 11 address money and stewardship. He does not mind His people from having money, but He forbids…
You are going to serve somebody. Jesus says not to do righteousness (dikaiosune) in order to be seen by men, because if you do then God will give you nothing…
So far in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus has taught profoundly how to be righteous on the inside: to be sexually chaste and whole, to be free of consuming…
On January 22nd, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion-on-demand in all 50 states. Eleven years later in 1984, President Reagan designated January 22nd as National Sanctity of Human Life…
Jesus always goes to the root issue. He exposes hatred as murder, lust as adultery, treachery hidden behind paperwork, and now the truth behind a dishonest system of swearing. We…
As many people are overwhelmed by what happened in 2020 and desperately hoping for something different in 2021, Christians must be grounded in Scripture and thrive where God has us.…
Sometimes traditions shape our view of Scripture instead of the other way around—Scripture shaping our traditions. As people who hold to sola Scriptura—the Bible is our highest and only infallible…
Similar to the way He traces murder to the root of anger, Jesus connects adultery to the source of lust. Whereas anger is usually visible in some way, lust often…
Jesus came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill every jot and tittle. The blessed members of His kingdom are to be the salt of the earth, stand like…
Jesus is the king who is “preaching the gospel of the kingdom” (Matt. 4:23). He identified the poor in spirit, those who mourn, hunger for righteousness, the meek, the merciful,…