Following Jesus is Easy-Matthew 11
What‘s it like to follow Jesus? Never lose your temper. Never lust. Turn the other cheek. Love your enemies. Be perfect. Never judge. Love Jesus more than your kids. Sounds impossible? […]
Category: Matthew’s Gospel
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Love Jesus More Than My Kids-Matthew 10
“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me” […]
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Mercy is the New Holiness-Matthew 9
Jesus never tarries. “As Jesus went on from there…” (Mt 9:9, 27). “Jesus got up and went with him…” (Mt 9:19). “Jesus went through all the towns and villages…” (Mt 9:33). Jesus’ life is never […]
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Outsiders In, Insiders Out-Matthew 8
The problem with insiders. Being a leader in the same church–UBF–for 35 years, I am “an insider” who knows the proclivities of the church, sermon emphasis, speech patterns, manner of […]
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Don’t Judge People-Matthew 7
Don’t Judge People (powerpoint) Everybody judges others. Sadly, Christians judge others too. We even judge Christians–our brothers and sisters in Christ–for being unthankful, ungrateful, childish, immature, uncommitted, disloyal, lazy, irresponsible, not […]
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Shine Your Light and Not Be Seen-Matthew 6
Shine Your Light and Not Be Seen (powerpoint). The visibility of beauty [of Jesus and his church of disciples] in Matthew 5 always includes Telling the Truth; otherwise we live in self-deception (Gen 3:5; […]
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Live without Sin, Tell the Truth-Matthew 5
Tell the Truth (powerpoint). Whatever else we do as Christians, always tell the truth. In the first part of Matthew 5, we contrasted Jesus’ blessed disciples vs. the admiring crowds. But consider that […]
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Temptation to Genuflect-Matthew 4
Genuflect to the Devil (powerpoint). To whom will you genuflect (Mt 4:9; Gen 3:5)? Everything the devil does is to tempt us to do anything but to depend on God–on bread (Mt 4:3), […]
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True and False Repentance-Matthew 3
Wrong and Right Repentance (powerpoint). “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near” (Mt 3:2). In Matthew 2 we contrasted The Two Kingdoms of King Jesus with King Herod. In Matthew 3 we contrast true […]
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The Two Kingdoms-Matthew 2
Who is your king? (powerpoint) “…the one who has been born king of the Jews…” (Mt 2:2) “…he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two […]