Dealing with SinMatthew 18:7-11If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery ...  Read More

Protecting Our ChildrenMatthew 18:6-7“Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks…but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes.”We live in a time of unprecedented moral change. Wron...  Read More

God’s Value SystemMatthew 18:1-6“Truly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.”The disciples were like many people today; they measu...  Read More

Adapting for the sake of our TestimonyMatthew 17:24-27“but lest we be a snare to them…give it to them for me and you.”The event of the Temple Tax is both unusual and has perplexed commentators and mis...  Read More

The Power of FaithMatthew 17:14-23“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.”The ...  Read More

Listening to the Right VoiceMatthew 17:1-13.“This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!”With all the plethora of voices today, each claiming to have insight into the truth, ho...  Read More

Establishing Priorities in LifeMatthew 16:24-28“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”It is easy to become ...  Read More

The Self-Interest of ManMatthew 16:21-23“You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”Peter was flabbergasted.  Instead of Jesus talking about how ...  Read More

The Solid RockMatthew 16:13-20“Upon this rock, I will build My Church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.”Peter was never shy about giving his view.  Of all the disciples, Peter was the mos...  Read More

The Need for DiscernmentMatthew 16:5-12“Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”The age of information has also b...  Read More

The Confirmation of FaithMatthew 16:1-4“An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given, except the sin of Jonah.”Sometimes, in our faith, we want a sign, a dramatic...  Read More

The Compassion of the Universal KingMatthew 15:29-39“And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the people.”Sometimes, we feel abandoned by our political leaders.  They re...  Read More