Category: From the Pastor

Gospel of Matthew, Start your year on sure footing, Day 8 of 58 Reading Matthew 5:1-26 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205%3A1-26&version=NIV Scripture 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Observation The Sermon on the Mount talks a lot about behavior more than…

Day 7 of 58, January 9 Reading Matthew 4:18-25 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%204%3A18-25&version=NIV Scripture 23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. Observation Jesus’ preaching is done in tandem with healing. Application Do I practice what I preach?… Read more “Epiphany 2022,…

Day 6 of 58, January 8 Reading Matthew 4:1-17 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%204:1-17&version=NIV Scripture Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. – 4:1 Observation Why not provide overwhelming proof of God’s provision, protection, and power? “The Grand Inquisitor”, a parable from Dostoevsky’s novel Brothers Karamazov begs this question of…

Reading Matthew 3:1-17 https://my.bible.com/bible/59/MAT.3.1-17.ESV Scripture 9 And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’j I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. Observation The patriarch Abraham was promised by God to be the father of as many children as there are stars…

2022 Sure Footing Reading Plan in the Gospel of Matthew Day 4 of 58, January 6 Reading: Matthew 2:19-24 https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=508467170 Scripture When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel,…