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Search results for: intro to the prophets
The Humble King
Daily ReflectionThis familiar story of "Palm Sunday" dramatizes the irony of Jesus' ministry. He was indeed the Messiah, the one who was...
Hiding in the Den of Thieves
Daily ReflectionAs Jesus entered Jerusalem to cries of "Hosanna," the crowd had high hopes for him. Surely, if he were the Messiah,...
Contrasting Responses to Jesus
Daily ReflectionThis passage epitomizes the contrasting responses to Jesus. On the one hand, those in need of healing came freely and...
Faithful Prayer
Daily ReflectionMatthew 21:22 is one of those verses that gets some Christians into trouble. They take it out of biblical context and...
Who Gets Into the Kingdom of God?
Daily ReflectionMany of the religious leaders in Jesus' day were snared by their own self-righteousness. They looked down upon ones they...
Too Busy for the Feast?
Daily ReflectionIn the context of Jesus' ministry, this parable indicts many of the Jews in the time of Jesus for failing to enter the...
Giving Back What Belongs to God
Daily ReflectionIn this story, the Pharisees, along with some supporters of Herod, put Jesus between a rock and a hard place. They knew...
The Greatest Thing in Life
Daily ReflectionWhen asked by some Pharisees which commandment was the most important (or greatest, literally), Jesus cited two passages...
Who Is My Audience?
Daily ReflectionJewish men in the time of Jesus wore teffilin when they prayed: boxes that were attached to one’s left hand and...
Doing the More Important Things
Daily ReflectionTithing was instituted through the Old Testament law primarily as a way of supporting those who labored in the Temple:...
Hearts Filled with Hypocrisy
Daily ReflectionOnce again in Matthew 23 Jesus criticized the scribes (theologians and teachers) and Pharisees (laymen with a zeal for...
Everlasting Words
Daily ReflectionTaken out of context, the first part of Matthew 24:35 seems to suggest the future obliteration of the universe:...