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Of all the stories in the Bible about Jesus’ life, one of the most difficult is found in our reading, Matthew 15. It is shocking—even offensive. The story in question is found in Matthew 15:21-28, and misunderstanding it has led many to doubt Jesus or believe things about him that simply aren’t… Read more
My husband, Mitch, used to lead an “experiential” Bible study for young men. Think “Fight Club” (the movie) meets Jesus, and you get the gist. As the study reached Matthew 14 and the account of Jesus calling Peter to walk on water, Mitch sensed the young men needed an opportunity to “walk in Peter’s shoes.”… Read more
Something never sat quite right with me: Jesus does all of these miracles, teaches about the inclusive kingdom of God, and makes people’s lives better, and the people from his hometown get … angry? In Matthew 13, we hear all about how Jesus was rejected in Nazareth, which was his hometown. In verse 54, they… Read more
Have you ever done something for so often or so long that it becomes about something else entirely? When we first read of God giving the law to God’s people (the Israelites), it’s in the second book of the Bible, an estimated 1,500 years before Jesus was born. By the time we reach the time… Read more
