"And He went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. So His fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought Him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and He healed … [Read more...] about The Gospel of the Kingdom
Matthew
The Reward of Repentance
"I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork in in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire." (Matthew 3:11-12) I grew up in … [Read more...] about The Reward of Repentance
The Haunting Question
"Then in Jerusalem and Judea and all the region about the Jordan were coming out to him, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins." (Matthew 3:5-6) Recently, I explored the haunting question asked of Elijah by God as he was hiding out in a cave on Mt. Horeb: "What are you doing here?" (1 Kings 19:9) I say that it is "haunting" because it … [Read more...] about The Haunting Question