Fasting and Sabbath - two habits from the Old Testament that we try really hard to ignore exist prominently in the New Testament. Fasting: Abstaining from a normal staple of life (most often food, if medically safe) for a long enough period to feel its absence, in order to 1) use the...
Matthew 9:35-38 records another instance of Jesus working to make His disciples into fishers of men. Last week’s lesson comes from Matthew’s observation that Jesus had compassion on the crowds because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd...
Matthew 9:35-38 records another instance of Jesus working to make His disciples into fishers of men. Last week’s lesson comes from Matthew’s observation that Jesus had compassion on the crowds because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. This...
Matthew 9:35-38 records two great fishing lessons in these four verses. This week’s lesson was summarized by Matthew after the disciples had observed Jesus as they traveled though the cities and villages of Galilee. Matthew says, “He had compassion on the crowds because they...
In the last article (Become A Fisherman - Matthew 4:19) we observed that Jesus promised to turn His followers into fishers of men. With that promise Jesus embarks on a training program to transform His disciples into fishers of men. This series of articles will trace the progression of the...
In case you missed it, we've just survived another Fashion Week, with fashion shows in major cities around the world. (And ... no ... we don't have a guest writer for this week's article.) Runway after runway, model after model marching runway after runway displaying latest design after even...
A couple of weeks ago, I was in San Antonio for the EFCA's annual theology conference. While KC was getting dustings of snow, San Antonio still has dried leaves falling from trees and blowing in the warm breeze. During one of the breaks, I went outside to enjoy being outdoors without having to...
There's no way to reduce the Christian life to a short slogan. And even if we find a condensed way to get the gist of the Christian life, there's another way that's just as good. Tossing all this wisdom aside, let me offer another condensed way to look at the Christian life. Demonstrate the...
Share my faith? I can't do that! It's too … complicated. Too much to remember, too much that can go wrong, too many possible questions I can't answer. Plus … what will you think of me? I can’t remember all the passages of the Road or four laws of a spiritual nature. What...
Become A FishermanJesus Christ gave this promise to His followers, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men (Matthew 4:19 ESV).” Over the course of three years and beyond, Jesus did just that by transforming a group of rough commercial fishermen and sinners into a...