Category Archives: Matthew

No Pressure!

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Pete

I don’t know how many times I’ve read these words. Don’t know how many times I’ve heard someone else read these words and then preach on them. But for some reason, this morning they hit with a particular weightiness. “You … Continue reading →

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The Gift of God

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Pete

I know that the nativity scenes around my house (yes, there’s more than one . . . been a tradition in our house since I don’t know when), though they are meant to remind me of “the reason for the … Continue reading →

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What Jesus Could Have Prayed

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Pete

Hovering over Matthew 26 this morning and a garden. A garden called Gethsemane, born of another garden, Eden. A garden of obedience made necessary because of a garden of disobedience. A garden of divine prayer, God’s response to a garden … Continue reading →

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We’re All Gonna Snooze

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Pete

I know you have to be careful about mapping every detail of a parable to some reality. That there’s a main point to Jesus’ stories which should be the reader’s primary focus, and that seeing a story behind every point … Continue reading →

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Cripple-Con

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Pete

Not much to look at, really. Nothing much to behold — unless it was because of some morbid fascination — just the lame, the blind, the crippled, along with those unable to speak. Cripple-Con, a gathering of the needy, the … Continue reading →

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Treasure Management

Posted on January 10, 2023 by Pete

This morning, I’m hovering over a few verses from Jesus’ sermon on the mount, and it seems to me there might well be a fine line between good stewardship and guileful slavery. “Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, … Continue reading →

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A “Step One” Savior

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Pete

Don’t know if I’m connecting dots here that should be connected, but let’s run with it. Hovering over Matthew 18:15-20, a “go to” passage when it comes to church discipline. A progressive path towards calling a brother (or sister) to … Continue reading →

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Not To Give Offense

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Pete

The key that unlocks understanding the passage is identifying what the “two-drachma tax” was. It wasn’t a Roman tax collector who came knocking. Nor was it a Jewish tax collector working for Rome. Instead it was a temple tax collector … Continue reading →

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Something Greater

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Pete

Finishing up Matthew 12 this morning. And again, repetition is the Spirit’s megaphone. “The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something … Continue reading →

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His Will and His Word

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Pete

This morning, I’m hovering over two back-to-back healings recorded by Matthew. Stories of faith. One of which causes even Jesus to be impressed. But while Jesus may take note of those who express faith, I’m in wonder this morning of … Continue reading →

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