As we transition to the next section of Matthew’s Gospel, it might help to look back to see how Matthew’s Gospel helps us understand how to better pray the Lord’s Prayer: Matthew 1-2 shows the Father’s hand in the birth and protection of his son, providing insight into ways to pray, Our Father in Heaven,… Continue reading Matthew 14:13-23 – Bereavement, Hunger, and Our Daily Bread
Month: September 2022
Matthew 13:53-14:12 – Astonishment, John, and the Sower’s Life
53 And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there, Matthew 13:53 When I read these first words of this week’s passage, my mind immediately goes to C. S. Lewis’s book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and the moment when the Pevensie children first met Mr. Beaver. They were in the… Continue reading Matthew 13:53-14:12 – Astonishment, John, and the Sower’s Life
Matthew 13:24-52 – A Sword, the Family, and Rewards, Part 2. c.
The first parable recorded by Matthew, and the focus of last week’s blog, has much to say about the soils of the world, but I believe its primary focus is on the sowers and their call to remain faithful. The following parables, however, shift their focus from the sower to the seed: the kingdom of… Continue reading Matthew 13:24-52 – A Sword, the Family, and Rewards, Part 2. c.
Matthew 13:1-52 – A Sword, the Family, and Rewards, Part 2. b.
As much as I dislike fortune cookies, if I choose to eat at a Chinese restaurant, they are inevitable, and as much as I dislike focusing on small portions of scripture in isolation, if I am human, it is inevitable. We are creatures of the immediate and it is rare for us to lift our… Continue reading Matthew 13:1-52 – A Sword, the Family, and Rewards, Part 2. b.