Archive for the ‘New Testament’ Category

Sunday Podcast: Be Perfect

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

This begins my new sermon series titled "The Scarlet Thread, Part 2: Who Jesus Calls Us To Be." Today's text is from Matthew 5:48, "Be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect." I got worked up a little. Click here to get your own player.

Christ in Matthew

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

To me, Jesus does not explode off of the page in the book of Matthew as He does in the other gospels. Instead, He arrives orderly and systematic. He is verified and certified: Jewish, from the line of David. Matthew goes to great lengths to confirm the legitimacy of ...