The Bible tells us that it is a good virtue to be humble. However, it is especially hard to be humble because as soon as you believe it to be true, you are no longer humble! Everybody loves to brag… Read More ›
Matthew
Jesus the Problem Solver – Mark 6:30-44
There are two banquets mentioned in Mark chapter 6. One is a banquet of death and the other of life. One is a by Satan and the other by Jesus. You are ruled either by your stomach or by a… Read More ›
Saved to Serve
The feeding of the five thousand in one of the few stories that is in all four Gospels. See Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:31-44, Luke 9:10-17 and John 6:5-15. There are lessons in here to the Christian about going from the… Read More ›
Bank With God
It has happed in the past and it is happening again. Over the past 100 years there has been times of materialism and excess and then boom and bust. Many peoples’ life savings and property were wiped out. Years ago the… Read More ›
Mustard Seed Faith
We live in a world that rates the importance of things by size. Something as small as a mustard seed is barely noticed in the hand never mind seeing it on the ground. It appears to be insignificant. But once planted, it… Read More ›
Forgive Like God – Matthew 5:21-26
Christians are to forgive others and especially those in the Church. The old sin nature is never fully eradicated. Human relationships are still a collision of sinners. The biggest problem is often not the offence but the inability to forgive. Forgiveness… Read More ›
Immanuel – God With Us
If there is one time of the year that the world might remember the word “Immanuel”, it is at Christmas. A time when Christians remember the unique birth of Jesus. We read about “Immanuel” in Matthew 1:23. 1. The mystery… Read More ›
You Are Salt And Light – Matthew 5:13-14
Jesus said that we are “the salt of the earth” and “the light of the world”. Being salt and light is not optional. Jesus did not say you can be…or you have the potential to be…He said you are. Everyone… Read More ›
World Issues: Poverty – Matthew 12:41-44
The Parable of the Trees is the first parable in the Bible. The crisis in our country is leadership. We desperately need it. “If the gold rust then what shall the iron do”? In these verses we have a pitiful… Read More ›
Wolves In Sheep’s Clothing – Matthew 7:15-23
There are those who deceivers. Satan wants to get at the Church. From the outside he uses persecution. From the inside he uses false prophets. Satan loves to use religion to deceive. He will try and get people away from… Read More ›