Matthew 5:1-12 Growing up in mainline denominations, Lutheran and Presbyterian to be exact, there were certain parts of Scripture we had to memorize. While there might be disagreement about the validity of other parts of Scripture, there was no disputing that these passages reflected the highest form of moral truth. The four principle passages were…
Matthew 25: 31-46 Since my daughter Caitlin is here this Sunday, I thought I’d tell you about a time when our family acted out this story of the Judgement Day and the sheep and goats being separated. There was a period of time when we, as a family, for our devotions, used to read a…
Matthew 20:1-16 Did you ever play a pickup sport when you were a youth. Not a formal sport with adult coaches, but a simple game where two kids are picked to be the leaders of the teams. They stand and face the rest of the kids wanting to play and begin to pick their team….
Matthew 18:21-35 Last week I used an illustration from a novel by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. This novel begins with the famous line, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” It is a novel that takes place in the two cities of London and Paris during the…