New Testament

Jesus boldly goes to Jerusalem and is hailed as the Messiah. He turns away the corrupt money changers before healing people who came to the Temple. We are hard on the religious leaders, but we [...]

What Do You Want Jesus To Do For You? It’s a powerful question. At the end of Matthew 20 Jesus asked two blind men this question.  They were calling out for Jesus. They explained they wanted [...]

What impossible thing do you want God to do? What is impossible with humans is not impossible for God. A rich young ruler walks away from Jesus because he was holding on to one thing that he felt [...]

People who are divorced can tell you it’s incredibly painful. In an effort to protect us from that pain, Jesus explains the importance of a husband and wife working through their [...]

To be great in the new kingdom means to humble ourselves and have the faith of a child.  To Jesus, those who are lost are a priority and giving grace and forgiveness is a priority. We need to [...]

When it comes to God, are we talking instead of listening? At the end of Matthew 16 Jesus predicts some would not die before seeing Jesus in his glory. The story right after that is the [...]

Jesus doesn’t have a temporary physical agenda but an eternal spiritual one. Jesus is the Suffering Servant prophesied about in Isaiah. Jesus will take on Himself the sins of humanity (all the [...]

Jesus clarifies what is actually required to make us clean. It’s about our hearts. It’s from our heart that we choose to live according to God’s ways or choose a more destructive path. Now, as [...]

In Matthew 14 we discover that John the Baptist was killed. Jesus hears his cousin was killed and he wanted some time alone to grieve and connect to His heavenly Father. If Jesus can do the [...]

Jesus begins teaching in parables when surrounded by the crowds. These are short fictional stories that demonstrate a spiritual principle. I like to think of parables as like a Rorschach test. If [...]