“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith.” (Matt 23:23). Look at this ‘Faith’ in Matthew’s Gospel. Never before have…
Significant is the question ‘what’s in a name’ when it comes to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As a second generation pastor/preacher named for the history making churchman Martin Luther who is credited with cause for the…
“After some days Felix came and his wife Drusilla, who is a Jewess; and he sent for Paul and heard him speak upon faith in Christ Jesus.” (Acts 24:22-24). Another look at this Faith event in Acts. Unless otherwise indicated,…
“O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you?” (Matt 17:17). ‘The Epileptic Boy Healed’ is another triple tradition. Where Matthew and Luke mirror each other in the…
Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.” Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said to him, “Are we…
“…and he made no distinction between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith.” (Acts 15:9). Revisiting ‘faith’ in the Acts of The Apostles. You could not hang around the Christian faith very long without returning to the ‘matters…
