Sometimes, when discussing a text of Scripture, I find myself having to do a lot of self-examination. I don’t often find myself doing things for the applause of others. It happens at times, and at that point, I have to pause and think about what’s going on. I find...
I was once in a church service listening to a sermon when the pastor mentioned fasting because it was in the text. His comment struck me as completely wrong. He jokingly said, “Not that we do that.” Then he laughed. That is far from the expectation of Jesus. You will...
A few months back we left the Sermon on the Mount after discussing the Lord’s Prayer. This is not part of the prayer, but it is an explanation of part of that model prayer. Matthew Henry points out that there is nothing new in the Lord’s Prayer. Everything in the...
