Luke 1:57–66, 80 They were going to call him Zechariah after his father, but his mother said…, “No. He will be called John.” –Luke 1:59–60 What’s in a name? Often […]
Mark 4:26–34 “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed…” –Mark 4:30–31 Happy Father’s Day […]
Mark 3:20–35 When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” –Mark 3:21 His own family thought he […]
Mark 14:12–16, 22–26 Jesus took bread, said the blessing, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.” –Mark 14:22 We think about rituals as […]
Matthew 28:16–20 “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” Among the most magnificent passages in the New Testament is the hymn in Paul’s Letter to […]
John 20:19–23 or John 15:26–27, 16:12–15 “When he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth.” You’ve probably heard the story from the desert fathers about […]
Matthew 18:21–35 “Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?” The story continues to sound fantastic, though we’ve heard it many times. […]
Matthew 18:15–20 “Go and tell your brother his fault between you and him alone.” Very few of us enjoy being morality cops, telling our family and friends what they’re doing […]
Matthew 16:13–20 “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” Jesus was compared with many figures of great stature in the Jewish tradition: Abraham and Moses, John the […]
Matthew 15:21–28 Even Jesus was impressed by the foreign woman who pursued him for a healing for her daughter. As we know from reading the Gospels, Jesus had his hands […]
