Posts filed under: Devotional Post

Overcoming The Fear Of Witnessing (Matthew 10)

Read Matthew 10 Matthew 10 records an occasion when Jesus gave His disciples a practical course in witnessing.  Months before He commissioned them to go into all the world with......

Why Christopher Hitchens Didn’t Believe In Christmas (Matthew 9)

Read Matthew 9 Have you seen the Christmas billboard sponsored by the atheist society?  It pictures three wise men riding camels, following a star but the caption reads, “You KNOW......

Tim Tebow & The Disturbing Christ (Matthew 8)

Read Matthew 8 You would think everyone in the NFL would welcome Tim Tebow.  The son of missionaries is helping to finance an orphanage in the Philippines and has a......

Don’t Judge! (Matthew 7)

Read Matthew 7 The seventh chapter of Matthew begins, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.”  That phrase is a favorite with those who think there are no......

Dont Worry (Matthew 6)

Read Matthew 6 “Do not worry.” Now there’s a command that’s difficult to obey in these troubled times. Some suggest it’s downright impossible. Yet Jesus commanded us, “Do not worry.”......

Penn State and the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5)

The disturbing Penn State child-abuse scandal graphically illustrates our need for a moral consensus.  Who determines right and wrong for us?  What moral standard does society agree will determine appropriate......

Trial, Test or Temptation? (Matthew 4)

In Matthew 4 we read that following his baptism, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  Yet how can that be?  The......

Be Attractively Distinctive — Matthew 3

The third chapter of Matthew contains a brief biography of John the Baptist – Jesus’ advance coordinator. John’s assignment was to pave the way (“make straight paths”) for the Messiah.......

Love Him, Love Him Not — Matthew 1:18-24; Matthew 2

As we continue in our study of Matthew we see that after Christ is born the second chapter of Matthew records two opposite reactions to his birth.  Wise men from......

Let’s Start With Names – Matthew 1:1-17

Let’s spend the next few months reading through the gospel of Matthew. Start by reading Matthew 1:1- 17. OOPS! On second thought, maybe not. Matthew begins with a boring genealogy,......