Matthew

“I've read this opening a hundred times, but last week I actually stopped to think about why Matthew starts with genealogy instead of a birth story. He's deliberately positioning Jesus as the fulfillme”

“An angel warned Joseph in a dream: 'Get up, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.' Joseph obeys withou”

“The voice from heaven: 'This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.' And Jesus hasn't done anything yet. He hasn't healed one person, taught one parable, challenged the Pharisees, died on”

“The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. The earl”

“The sermon on the mount opens with a word that destabilizes everything. Blessed - makarios - is not about happiness. It is about being in a state of divine favour regardless of circumstances. The poor”

“Jesus is teaching his disciples to pray and the first word is "Our" - not "My". Before we even name God, we are placed in community. Prayer is not a private transaction. It is a communal address. That”

“Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that ho”

“God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is faithful in every circumstance. There's something deeply c”

“When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. The Greek word for compassion here—splagchnizomai—refers to being moved in”

“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the knowledge of your Father. I grew up in poverty, and this verse used to frustrate me because it seemed ”

“Jesus tells a parable: we played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn. No matter what God offers, this generation refuses. Celebration or lamentation—they re”

“The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. This connects directly to the promise made to Abraham. Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction. What a reminde”

“I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. God is faithful in every circumstance. Reading the ”

“God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. His timing, His methods, His purposes - all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectl”

“He answered, 'I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.' But she [a Canaanite woman] came and knelt before him. 'Lord, help me!' He replied, 'It is not right to take the children's bread and toss i”

“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for me will find it. This is”

“God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. Today”

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. Jesus ascribes cosmic significance to children. Each child”

“It is more difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. I grew up middle-class, and this verse made me anxious. Was I too comfortable? Di”

“The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He hires workers throughout the day, yet pays them all the same, from the last hired to th”

“God is faithful in every circumstance. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. God ”

“The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. God is faithful in every circumstance. The imagery here is agricultural - the origin”

“Following God is costly, but the reward is eternal. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. When we read ”

“So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man comes at an hour when you do not expect him. This verse is part of a longer teaching on vigilance and watching, but what strikes me is the impossibili”

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visi”

“Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, 'My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.' Jesus at his most vulnerable,”

“About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?' (which means 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'). Jesus is quoting Psalm 22, but he's also expressing gen”

“God is faithful in every circumstance. Faith isn't the absence of doubt - it's choosing to believe despite it. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. When we rea”