“Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.”   Jesus lays out ways to handle sin in Matthew 18:15-20. This isn’t about that, but the aftermath once the dust has settled. You start afresh only to find the pain remains and some memories just won’t die.   This idea needs attention, “I forgive them, but I won’t forget what they did.” Just what ar

The Beatitudes of Jesus: Matthew 5:1-12   A quick glance might conclude the Beatitudes are just more ethical requirements for Christians seeking blessing before God. This would make them Law, another “do this and you shall live” demand on the Christian. We can’t dismiss this entirely, for their function as Law really hits home when we see our failures to be meek, pure, or peacemakers. However, a simple reduction of the Beatitudes to pure Law might be missing much of what our

Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, And do not stand in the place of the great; For it is better that he say to you, “Come...

“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”   The Holy Scriptures record numerous bouts between Jesus and His opponents over the Sabbath....

“The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified” John 12:23   The crucifixion is coming, as Jesus is like a grain of wheat...

“And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according...