Category Archives: Matthew

Two words. Two words that are pretty easy to race past as you try to get through your morning’s reading plan. But two words that arrested me this morning . . . and reminded me this morning . . . … Continue reading →

Most often when I come across the latter portion of Matthew 25 I think I tend to focus very quickly on sheep and goats . . . on those on the right hand side and those on the left . … Continue reading →

Hear the word “Hosanna” and most of us will go immediately to Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Cloaks spread on the road . . . branches cut from trees and laid before this One coming to them humbly, mounted on … Continue reading →

His heart was seeking . . . his question was sincere, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” (Matt. 19:16) This rich young man had lots of stuff, but he didn’t have everything — he didn’t … Continue reading →

I wonder what prompted Peter’s question? Jesus had just taught on the means of reconciliation between a brother and another brother who had sinned against him. Try and work it out with him yourself . . . if that doesn’t … Continue reading →

Sensory overload . . . that’s what I’m thinking. It simply became too much for their five feeble senses to process and so “they fell on their faces and were terrified.” That’s what I think happened on that mountain. Peter, … Continue reading →

Joseph had a story (Genesis 39-41). From pit to prominence in Potiphar’s house . . . from prison to power over all of Egypt. All because the Lord was with him. Peter had a story (Acts 10). A fisherman who … Continue reading →

Not what I expected. As I turned to my reading in Matthew this morning . . . as I continued to read Jesus’ sermon on the mount . . . as I anticipated more “commands to obey” . . . … Continue reading →

One of those passages that is so easy to skim over. Yeah . . . yeah . . . been there, read that. I’m talking about the temptation of Jesus in Matthew 4. Pretty familiar account . . . I … Continue reading →