Yesterday, one of our elders, Jonathan, spoke on Jesus’ teaching on relationships in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5). He aptly titled the message “Murder, Adultery, Revenge. The passage is very pertintent regarding issues that are the same across cultures and time. Why? Because each is rooted in a core essential of humanity: relationships. […]
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The Beatitudes in Matthew are some of the most popular phrases in the Bible. We can say some of them in casual conversation. Some of us can recite them, either in part or in their entirety. Yet taking the time to reflect on the deeper meaning of these few words is something we often neglect.
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The Gospel of Matthew appears as the first book in the New Testament canon. However, that does not mean it was the first piece to be written chronologically. The compilation of the books in the Bible are chronologically organized, but rather thematically, or according to genre. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John comprise the genre known
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One of Jesus’ main ministry messages was “Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” To many, that phrase conjures up an image of a zealot in the 1980s with an A-frame sign around his shoulders declaring the end of the world. To others, it may produce and image of an fiery and angry
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This is a reflection piece inspired by a podcast interview I listened to recently. The guest on the podcast said we are entering what he calls a “Neo-Medieval Period.” This basically means that the current trend in American culture is moving away from reading insightful literature and towards visual stimulus. In a sense we are
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