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V24 – says we are to strive to enter through the narrow door, for many will try to enter and will not be able. I’m reading a book that relates to this, what got you here won’t get you there–it … Continue reading →

Be ready! Are we active daily anticipating what is required of us? I have read this so many times and have never noticed v48. The one who did not know and deserved a beating will receive a light beating — … Continue reading →

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 →

Good Samaritan — I’m always looking for the new lesson. It’s such a familiar story. What’s powerful and applicable this reading this time? You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart , and with all your soul … 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 →

He gave them power to drive out demons and cure diseases Is it possible that the manifestations we see as diseases are spiritual at base? That healing negativity and unforgiveness and anger will result in physical benefits? We know it … Continue reading →

V.16 we receive the light of truth so that we can spread it for others to see V.17 things that are hidden will be exposed–i think of the spiritual dimension to reality. I think of how often i don’t recognize … 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 →