Today we will take a look at two parables, found in Luke 14:25-35. The parable of the man who set out to build a tower and the parable of the king about to go to war. Both parables are set
All In!
Luke 14:25-35
All In!
It Is Finished!
John 19:28-30
In the early Church, when one follower of Jesus would greet another, oftentimes the greeting went like this: “Christ is Risen.” And the response would be, “He is Risen indeed!” The phrase was spoken at Easter, but it was spoken
The King Arrives!
Luke 19:28-44
It was the day He had been waiting for since eternity began. The day that He would announce to the world that He was the Promised King. As Jesus began His route into the Holy City of Jerusalem, He set
The Parable of the Two Builders
Matthew 7:21-29
“The wise man built his house upon the rock. The foolish man built his house upon the sand.” Jesus made these two statements to the crowd who had gathered to hear Him preach on the hill beside the Sea of
The Parable of The Pharisee and The Tax Collector
Luke 18:9-14
Two men came to the church one Sunday to pray. One man walked through the crowd, right up to the communion table. He had a big cross around his neck and an even bigger Bible tucked under his arm. He
The Parable of the Unjust Judge
Luke 18:1-8
I’ve spent the week studying Jesus’ Parable of the Unjust Judge. If you are unfamiliar with the story then I can fill you in. A widow with no standing, no clout in her community, couldn’t get justice to save her
The Parable of The Rich Fool
Luke 12:13-21
In Leo Tolstoy’s short story, “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” Tolstoy introduces us to a man, a Russian peasant farmer named Pahom. One day Pahom overheard his wife talking to her sister. The older sister was telling Pahom’s
“Who Is This Who Even Forgives Sins?”
Luke 7:36-50
What is it about the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ, that sets it apart from every other endeavor, every other ideology or philosophy, every other “truth” or belief system in the world? Dr. James Montgomery Boice told a
Parable of The Sheep and The Goats
Matthew 25:31-46
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats is one of those stories told by Jesus that once you hear it, you will never forget it. The parable is the exclamation mark on a series of parables Jesus told, appearing
We’ve Got a Problem
Matthew 5
You would never know it by talking to us, but we’ve got a problem and the problem is us. Everyone has problems. Everyone struggles with problems. The difference between the point I am trying to make and the description of