Salvation
Once again, I have let myself get away from my studies. However, my wife, Samantha, was involved in a women’s bible study this summer that examined the book of John. I thought this would be a good time to study the same material, but on my own; to blog about one of the four gospel [...]
Life of Jesus, take 2. Yesterday, we just finished the first of the synoptic gospels, Matthew. Being that Mark and Luke are also considered to be synoptic gospels and contain much of the same information that Matthew did, we’re now going to take a slightly different approach. Depending on the text, I will refer you [...]
The sheep and the goats Jesus tells another “quasi-parable” about sheep and goats that explains how the kingdom of heaven will be. He says that at the judgment, all the sheep will be put on His right side, and all of the goats will be put on His left. He will tell the sheep, “come [...]
The questions continue Jesus tells another parable that is similar to the parable of the tenants that we looked at yesterday. The parable of the wedding feast, as it has come to be known, tells a story about a king who has planned a wedding banquet for his son. The feast is about to begin, [...]
Questioning Jesus Having just upset the temple courts the day before, Jesus was back in the temple preaching. The chief priests and elders came and asked him on whose authority he did the things he did? Before answering, Jesus said he had a question for them and if they answered it correctly, he would tell [...]
The kingdom of God Jesus and his disciples traveled south to the region of Judea, where Jerusalem is. Some Pharisees stopped him and asked if it was lawful to divorce a woman for any reason. Jesus quoted an excerpt from Genesis to them and reminded them of God’s original plan for marriage: that a man [...]
The Rock The Pharisees and Sadducees — who are apparently now following Jesus around as much as his true followers — ask Jesus for a sign from heaven (v. 1). Jesus responds by telling them that even though they can interpret the signs of the skies (“Red at night, sailors delight; red in the morning, [...]
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