Why are some people saved and others not? This parable reveals the basic answer to that question and to some other interesting questions as well.

Todays Scripture: Matthew 13:1-19

Jesus loved them, but they hated Him. The same was true of John the Baptist. Most rejected him and his message. Should modern followers of Christ should expect any difference?

Todays Scripture: Matthew 11:12-21

Jesus’ foretelling that the men of Nineveh and the Queen of Sheeba would be part of the condemning jury at the judgment of the generation of Israelites who rejected Him has enormous ramifications. What are they?

Todays Scripture: Matthew 12:38-45

The second miracle that rabbinic tradition taught could only be performed by the Messiah was the miracle of casting out demon that made someone deaf and mute. It appears that Jesus intentionally performed such a miracle just to challenge Israel’s religious leaders. Their response was tragic.

Todays Scripture: Matthew 12:14-29

Tragically, many within Christendom are professing believers but practicing atheists. That makes them, as one book title declares, Christian atheists. Many will readily admit that, although they are believers in Christ (or so they think), they are not His disciples. Is such a thing possible?

Todays Scripture: Matthew 10:34-41

Jesus expected that His followers would love Him supremely, even more than they love their own children or parents. What does this tell us about who Jesus believed He is?

Todays Scripture: Matthew 10:28-37

Some of Jesus’ instructions to the twelve seem to include words that would apply to them in the distant future. Their imminent path would not be easy, but their future path would be even more difficult. Do any of Jesus’ words have application for our future?

Todays Scripture: Matthew 10:16-22

As Jesus sent out the twelve to preach the gospel in Galilee, He knew they wouldn’t always be warmly welcomed. So He prepared them for the inevitable. His instructions to them have application to all of us whom God is sending with His message to the world.

Todays Scripture: Matthew 10:9-18

Before Jesus sent his twelve disciples out to preach the gospel, He not only endowed them with supernatural power, but also gave them specific instructions. What can we learn from His instructions to them?

Todays Scripture: Matthew 9:35-10:10

Amazingly, even when God allows our enemies to “slaughter us like sheep,” that is no indication of His lack of love for us. And when we are slaughtered, we still overwhelmingly conquer. How is that?

Todays Scripture: Matthew 10:23-31