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Wisdom vs Ignorance

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Spiritual wisdom doesn’t just happen, it is gained. Matthew 16:1-12 reveals three truths as we observe the Lord’s encounter with some religious leaders and His own disciples. First, More →

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Another Picnic

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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 →

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Faith that Walks

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Matthew 15:21-28 tells of a woman with a demon-possessed daughter, who sought Jesus’ power. The circumstances are interesting. First, true faith is sometimes found where least expected—“A Canaanite woman More →

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Tradition vs Commandment

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Matthew 15:1-20 reveals some important truths for us today. The principles of the Pharisees never die. First, hypocrites place great importance on outward things in religion—“Why do your disciples break More →

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Like Raging Storms

admin Adversity, Blog, Boat, Circumstances, Darkness, Difficulties, Disciples, Erik Garthe, Faith, Fourth Watch, God, Hell, Jesus, Life, Like Raging Storms, Lord, Mountaintop, No Longer Conformed, Overwhelming, Peter, Power, Problem, Save, Sea, Serving, Situations, Storm, Sufficiency, Survive, Trust, Valley, Walking, Water, Waves, Wind 0 Comment July 26, 2021

The God who saved us from hell can also help us live this life. Life’s circumstances can often seem too much to handle. The disciples just experienced the feeding of 5,000, and Matthew 14:22-36 finds them in More →

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Party of Five—Thousand

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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 →

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A Sticky Situation

admin A Sticky Situation, Bitterness, Blog, Condemning, Conscience, Daughter of Herodias, Erik Garthe, Forgiveness, Guilt, Herod the Tetrarch, Herodias, Incest, Jesus, John the Baptist, King, Miry, No Longer Conformed, Oaths, Philip’s Wife, Pit, Rock, Ruler of Israel, Seduction, Sin 0 Comment July 12, 2021

Psalm 40:2 states, “He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock.” At first we think we can handle sin, but then we begin to sink and get caught in its powerful More →

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Fork in the Road

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The church is surrounded by spiritually blind people who desperately need to know Jesus. Matthew 13:53-58 records Jesus making a visit to His hometown, where His family lived. While there, He taught in the More →

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It’s Good News!

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Matthew 13:44-52 reveals four truths about the good news of Jesus Christ. First, salvation is hidden from most—“Like treasure hidden in a field.” (v. 44) The Kingdom of God is of great value to those who embrace it More →

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Trust for Growth

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The church is charged to spread the good news of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible, trusting God for the result. In the parable, the sower didn’t worry about the condition of the soil; he just kept on More →