Today Richard is in Daniel 3 where we discuss Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and their refusal to bow to the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar erected. Richard alludes to an important truth that VeggieTales calls out but is something that is often overlooked in the text; verse 12 says that there are some Jews that do […]
This week we are in Daniel 2 where King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream that needs to be interpreted, but does not tell of the dream. Only Daniel is able to tell the king what the dream was and what it meant. The dream detailed many kingdoms that were established and their ultimate fates. Daniel used […]
Richard starts a new series in Daniel this week, Homesick, where we will look at the Israelites’ time in exile and how we can apply this part of their story to our life as modern Christians. We start in Daniel 1 and see that God Rewards Faithfulness in Daniel’s example of refusing to defile his […]
Richard brings us a message about God’s sovereignty this week as he wraps up his summer series. We start with the Pharisees trying to trap Jesus in Matthew 22 and then move into Romans to see how we ought to submit to governing authorities. Richard illustrates over and over that God will do what He […]
This week we are looking at Matthew 12:33-37. Richard breaks down these verses for us. We see here that Jesus cared about the words that were said, and we should too. Jesus even gives us a warning in verses 36-37. Richard leaves us with his mother’s wisdom, Watch Your Words.
This week Richard takes us to Jesus’s teaching in Matthew 10:16-31 for his disciples. As much as the world despised him for his message, the world will too despise us for carrying the same message. If they can despise the man that performed miracles, how much will they despise those that carry the same message […]
This week Richard covers the healings in Matthew 9:18-38 and what they mean for us. We see four healings occur in these passages where each person received one healing. Plot twist, in a couple of years the whole world would experience these healings all in one act of Christ’s sacrifice.
This Father’s Day, Richard dives into one of the images we see of God as Father in Luke 11. In a world where it was not common to address God on a personal basis as Father, they had to go to the temple and have someone intervene for them, Jesus taught them to pray to […]
This week Richard challenges us to ask ourselves what value we place on following Jesus. Would we be willing to give up everything to follow Him. We look at some examples in Matthew where Jesus does this exact thing, challenges others to give up what they value to follow Him. Matthew does not record the […]
This week we are in Matthew 5:43-48 where Jesus gives the instruction to lover our enemies. Richard takes this lesson and applies it to us today and shows us how we can pray and love our enemies, because they may be our brother or sister… Maybe not today or tomorrow, but the Gospel can change […]