At first glance, this passage seems to merely reiterate a number of things we’ve already discovered about God. God communicates to his people through dreams and through his prophets. God’s plan is unalterable regardless of how much man or Satan try to interfere. And God protected Jesus so that he […] Read more
Over the years I’ve read this passage (Matthew 2:1-12) a number of times and always focused on the wise men and their gifts, Herod and his insecurities, and baby Jesus and his mother, but I don’t think I’ve ever considered the chief priests and the scribes. God, through the prophet […] Read more
Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name. There is a video on Youtube you may have seen titled “Basketball Awareness Test” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB_lTKZm1Ts). Two teams of four players — one dressed in white, one in black — pass a basketball between themselves. You are asked to track the number of […] Read more
As a bit of an introduction, I wrote quite a bit about the Lord’s Prayer and the Sermon on the Mount a year or so ago (you can access those posts here: The Lord’s Prayer – Lord, Teach us to Pray…). Since that time, I’ve written about the book of […] Read more