Outside the Lines (Matt 15:29-39)
Picking up after the healing of the Canaanite woman, Jesus makes a circuitous journey home. Along the way, he teaches a subtle lesson about the reach of the gospel and relationship between Jews and Ge...
2 Maalis 202534min
Pharisees, Traditions, and a…Canaanite? (Matt 15:1–28)
Confronted by religious leaders who have traveled north from Jerusalem to question him, Jesus openly criticizes their interpretation of the Scriptures. | Matthew | Series: The Exiled King
23 Helmi 202537min
Miracles in the Galilee (Matt 14:13-36)
Hearing John the Baptist was executed, Jesus makes what appears to be an “accidental” tour around the northern Galilee performing two extraordinary miracles and healing many, drawing attention from th...
16 Helmi 202538min
Herod and John the Baptist (Matt 14:1-12)
At the beginning of this narrative section, Matthew takes a moment to relate what happened to John the Baptist. This gives us a unique insight into the historical context of Jesus’s ministry. You can ...
9 Helmi 202529min
Rejection (Matt 13:53–58)
The Parables Discourse is bookended by confrontations with Jesus’s family (12:46–50) and then with the people from his hometown (13:53–58). It is here that we begin to see how Jesus’s radical notions ...
2 Helmi 202535min
Parables of the Kingdom (Matt 13:31–52)
Matthew gives us several short parables that Jesus gave concerning the kingdom. Although short, they contain so much of how Jesus viewed the Kingdom of Heaven—who composed it, what it was for, and whe...
26 Tammi 202541min
Weeds (Matt 13:24–30, 36–43)
In this week’s passage (Matt 13:24–30, 36–43), Jesus tells another parable about farming. He answers questions about the final judgment and who will be found righteous before God. | Matthew | Series: ...
19 Tammi 202538min
The Seed (Matt 13:1–9, 18–24)
This week’s message looks at the familiar parable of the Sower and the Seed. Jesus employs an image familiar to his Galilean audience to teach how people tend to perceive the promise of the Kingdom. |...
12 Tammi 202545min
