Leaven
Jesus has been teaching about the kingdom of heaven in Matthew 13. We’ve seen the Sower, the Wheat & Tares, and the
…the author and finisher of our faith…
Jesus has been teaching about the kingdom of heaven in Matthew 13. We’ve seen the Sower, the Wheat & Tares, and the
As the Lord’s parables about the kingdom continue in Matthew 13, we come to the parable of the mustard seed. It reads:
In one sense, all of the Lord’s parables are about the kingdom of heaven, but there are a collection of parables which
A characteristic of the parables of the Lord is the simplicity of the images used. Jesus used pictures that the common person
Simon the Pharisee invited Jesus to his home for a meal. As He sat at the table, a woman, simply identified as
Immediately after the Lord healed a demon-possessed man who was brought to Him, a buzz arose in the crowd, “Could this be
If you are like me you have access to multiple copies of Scripture. There are several physical Bibles in our house. On
Jesus spoke about the work of John the Baptist to the people, and they “justified God,” for they had received his baptism.
Matthew spoke of the Lord’s work as He journeyed, taking the gospel from village to village. It is recorded that …when He
Jesus was asked by the disciples of John and of the Pharisees, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make