Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 4:12-25), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [17, 23] Jesus was always talking about the kingdom of heaven. (The word “kingdom” shows up more than 50 times in Matthew’s Gospel!) Heaven is the place in creation where God’s unobscured presence defines… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 4:1-11), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Before Jesus is our example, he is our Savior, our Champion. So when he went out to the wilderness to face the devil’s temptations, he did it as our representative, on our behalf…. Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 133), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Do you believe that it is “good and pleasant” when Christians “dwell in unity”? Are there times when brothers and sisters in the church frustrate you? When that happens, do you… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 3:11-17), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Jesus wasn’t baptized for his own sake, but for ours. He didn’t have sins of his own to confess, but in baptism he united himself to us so that he could… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 3:1-12), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… God sent John the Baptist with a message/ministry/baptism of repentance. “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (v. 2) means that we are to repent based on the good… Read more »

Join us at the Sery home at 7:30am Sat., Oct. 2, for our monthly men’s breakfast as we discuss this blog post: “The Image of God and Sonship.” Please bring a dish to share, and invite a friend if you’d like!

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 2:13-23), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Matthew is writing his Gospel to show how Jesus is the fulfillment of Hebrew Scripture (Old Testament) prophecies about the Savior of the world. Here in v. 15 he quotes Hosea… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 2:1-12), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1] Christianity is no fantasy fiction, no mythical tale, no set of ethereal “spiritual” teachings. The Gospel is history, firmly located in time and space. “Jesus was born in Bethlehem in… Read more »