Rejection of Love
After He declared the “woes”, revealing the wicked hearts of the people and their need for judgment, Jesus then proclaimed in Matthew 23:34-39 the suffering they were about to bring upon More →
Category: Compassion
Another Picnic
Another Picnic, Blind, Blog, Compassion, Crippled, Erik Garthe, Healed, Hunger, Jesus, Lame, Lord, Magadan, Miracles, Multitudes, Mute, No Longer Conformed, Physical Sicknesses, Power, Satisfied, Spiritual Illnesses, Suffering
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Matthew 15:29-39 presents what the Lord does for those in need. First, He spared their suffering—“Bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at His feet, More →
Party of Five—Thousand
Blog, Compassion, Disciples, Erik Garthe, Fed, Five Loaves, Five Thousands, Healed, Hell, Helpless, Hopeless, Impossible, Jesus, Jesus’ Divinity, Jesus’ Salvation, John the Baptist, King Herod, Loaves and Fish, Miracle, Multitude, No Longer Conformed, Party, Party of Five--Thousand, Sinners, Sufficient, Supernatural, Teaching, Twelve Baskets, Two Fish
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Matthew 14:13-21 records one of Jesus’ greatest miracles, feeding thousands with a few loaves and fish. The passage begins, ‘When Jesus heard this …” that John the Baptist was dead. King Herod murdered him More →
Understand the Sabbath
Acts of Mercy, Blog, Church, Compassion, Deeds of Necessity, Erik Garthe, Good, Good Deeds, Heal, Healing, Hunger, Jesus’ Deity, Labor, Man’s Traditions, Messiah, No Longer Conformed, Pharisees, Physical, Profit, Religious Leaders, Sabbath, Sabbath Law, Service, Spiritual, Understand the Sabbath
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“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” (Exodus 20:8) Other principles of gathering and ministering together as believers exist but Matthew 12:1-21 deals specifically with the Sabbath. This is a subject where many opinions More →
Passion for Ministry
Blog, Christ, Compassion, Compromise, Confused, Direction, Erik Garthe, God’s Work, Gospel, Heart, Jesus, Ministry, Mouth, Need, No Longer Conformed, Passion, Passion for Ministry, Peace, Responsibility, salvation, Spiritual Eyes, Spiritual Life
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Searching for meaning in life is like a blindfolded person trying to find an empty seat in a crowded room. Some people call out confusing directions, some stand in the way, and still others put things More →
If You Will You Can
Blog, Centurion, Compassion, Erik Garthe, Gentile, Great Physician, Heal, If You Will You Can, Initiative, Jesus, No Longer Conformed, Peter, Roman Commander
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Matthew 8:1-17 reveals Jesus as the Great Physician, who is willing to heal you, who is able to heal you, and who is often proactive to heal you. First, Jesus is ready to heal—“Lord, if you will, you can make me clean … More →
The Right Stuff
Blog, Compassion, Doctrine, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, Faith, Hope, Labor, Longsuffering, love, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Problems, Spiritual Growth, The Right Stuff
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We all must deal with problems: how we handle them affects how we survive them. “Why?” is the natural question. The first chapter of 2 Thessalonians gives insight for dealing with problems. The apostle Paul provides a prescription … More →
Other People’s Sins
Blog, Compassion, Erik Garthe, Levites, No Longer Conformed, Other People's Sins, Pharisees, Priest, Restoration, Sin
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We are all interested in sins, especially the sins of other people. If you doubt this, look at the number of “tell-all” biographies and autobiographies of celebrities. Consider the popularity of newsstand tabloids and gossip columns. We are daily affected by what others do. More →
How Many Loaves?
Blog, Compassion, Erik Garthe, Faith, How Many Loaves?, Miracle, No Longer Conformed, Provision, Self-Sufficiency, Trust
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How many loaves do you have? Jesus asked His disciples that question one day. The significance of the inquiry is understood only in its context. Matthew 15:32-38 tells us that “the multitude” continued with Jesus for three days, and nobody had eaten during that time. In His compassion, the Lord wanted them fed before journeying home. More →