Author Archives: Corey Sharpe

Hypocrisy is when we focus on external appearance, and it comes from a desire for recognition and our internal reality. Hypocrisy is finding faults with others, and according to Jesus results in leading others into a false life. Jesus teaches … Continue reading →

These verses are not a criticism of all Jews or even all Pharisees. There’s nothing in these “6 woes” that cannot be witnessed in Christians. Which means these accusing words are not peculiar to Pharisees or Jews but are endemic … Continue reading →

The tendency today is to build a bigger church with a bigger platform, and then to convert that platform into conferences that expand that church’s ideas to other churches. And the next thing we know, we’ve got an association or … Continue reading →

Jesus says, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: “‘We played the pipe for you,and you did not … Continue reading →

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?” Luke 6:32 Loving enemies means when someone slaps you, respond with the other cheek to shame them; when someone steals your coat you give more of your … Continue reading →

“Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? (Luke 5:32-33). Luke 5:1-26 Salvation through Jesus is so much more than forgiveness of personal … Continue reading →

“His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” – Luke 3:17 The right response to John’s message was … Continue reading →

“She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them (Luke 2:7).” The traditional “no room in the inn” is a mistranslation that makes for some dramatic Christmas pageant material. … Continue reading →

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble” (Luke 1:52). Mary sings about God who saved a group of slaves from Egypt, who scatters the proud. The high are brought low and the low … Continue reading →

“May your word to me be fulfilled” (Luke 1:38) Luke 1:26–38 is an announcement of redemption. Mary is to name her son Jesus, which in Hebrew means God rescues, delivers or saves. Mary knows her son will rule an eternal … Continue reading →