THE SADDUCEES TRY TO CONTAIN GOD AND SCRIPTURE IN A BOX - EPISODE 88 MATTHEW 22: 23-33 Our God is the Living God and His Power continues to pour forth beyond the pages of the Bible. He is the God of those who are alive in Him, not the God of the dead. When the Sadducees try to trick Christ with a question about 7 husbands having the same wife and asking who’s with whom in Heaven, Jesus doesn’t describe marriage. He describes resurrection.
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr
Give Unto Caesar What Is Caesar’s and Unto God What Is God’s MATTHEW 22:15-22 (The first part of this episode expounds on the previous week’s discussion about “Many are called, but few are chosen.”) Then it explores the attempt by the Pharisees to entrap Jesus. Christ uses a coin of Caesar to point out we have earthly and spiritual obligations.
Apr 04, 2024•58 min
MATTHEW 22:1-14 Episode 86 Who Enters into the Kingdom? “For many are called, but few are chosen.” Do you answer the call or reject it? If you answer, are you prepared for what is expected of you? *Please note Fr. Michael misspoke, this episode is actually 86.
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Mathew 21: 28-32 Obedience, whether we agree with it, feel like it or not, obeying is the act of relenting, repenting, trusting, believing in God.
Feb 02, 2024•56 min
Matthew 21: 1-17 The triumphal entry into Jerusalem of Jesus on Palm Sunday as He rides the humble donkey. The people sing and praise Him, “Hosanna to the Son of David.”
Jan 18, 2024•52 min
Matthew 20: 29-34 Despite their blindness, the great faith of the two blind men enables them to recognize that Jesus is truly the Messiah. They call out to Him as He passes by, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” Jesus heals them.
Jan 06, 2024•53 min
MATTHEW 20:17-28 The Gospels are a progression: the nativity; Jesus’ ministry of teaching, healing, and His call to follow Him; and His passion, death and resurrection. Jesus challenges all of us who want to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven to take up His cup just as Jesus took up His cup for our salvation. Those of us who wish to be great will be servants; those who wish to be first will be slaves; We take the cup when we commune with Christ and each other, and we accept what God lays upon us....
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Matthew 20: 1-16 We are laborers in the vineyard and our assessment of ourselves is irrelevant. We’re judging ourselves but we’re not the Judge. God Is. What is God asking us to do? What have we agreed to do? And what are we going to get if we do it? We’re not in the first hour, third, sixth, ninth, or even the eleventh hour. Modern-day Christians are in the twelfth hour.
Dec 14, 2023•1 hr
Matthew 19: 23-30 “Many who are first will be last, and the last first." The goal is the Kingdom. In Heaven, many things are opposite of what we uphold on earth: the rich and the poor; the strong and the meek; the first and the last. Christ is emphasizing when we sacrifice for Him in our earthly life, we stand to gain in Heaven.
Dec 14, 2023•59 min
MATTHEW 19:23-30 The Camel, the Rich Man, and the Eye of the Needle What does it take to enter the Kingdom of Heaven? Our attachment to things of this world can keep us from attaching to the things of Heaven. What we have and hold onto in this life correlates to what we’ll have in the new life.
Nov 16, 2023•55 min
This is Matthew 19: 10-15: Continuing Discussion of Divorce and Marriage, the Single Life, and Children Leading the Way Revisiting the previous lesson, Moses gave the law allowing divorce but The God of Moses made male and female to cling to one another and not separate. The example of eunuchs and a celibate life shows that the single life is a calling, for those who can receive/accept it, a gift. But one is not better than the other, single or married both point to the Kingdom of Heaven. Why co...
Nov 09, 2023•53 min
Matthew 19: 1-15 Episode 75 Moses allowed the law of divorce because of the hardness of the heart. God intended marriage to be life-long. Can you separate the legal from the religious? Can you separate the bridegroom from the bride?
Nov 02, 2023•47 min
MATTHEW 18:21-35 - Episode 74 How do we view forgiveness and how does Jesus view it? Who’s at the center of forgiveness and does forgiveness have limits?
Oct 26, 2023•56 min
Matthew 18: 18-20 Episode 73 Where two or three are gathered and agree in my name, I am there in the midst of them and what they ask will be done for them. Our theology is based on unity: Father, Son, Holy Spirit is in agreement. God wants unity, agreement, and peace for all of us.
Oct 19, 2023•58 min
Matthew 18 God is always on the side of the small and the weak and is teaching us how to care for his precious ones.
Oct 12, 2023•59 min
Jesus' stern warnings against being the one who leads children into sin.
Oct 05, 2023•57 min
As we begin to look at Matthew 18 we hear with new ears Jesus' revolutionary idea that greatness is found in the humility of a child. We dig into this idea of how to make this a reality in our lives today when everything around us encourages our strength and superiority.
Sep 28, 2023•59 min
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In our study of Matthew 16: 21-28 we are confronted with Peters's challenge which becomes our challenge: are we on the side of God or of men?
Apr 07, 2023•59 min
In our study of Matthew 16: 13-20. we join the disciples in answering Jesus's question to them and to us: Who do YOU say that I am?
Mar 30, 2023•48 min
In Matthew 16:13-20, Peter confesses Jesus to be "the Christ, the Son of the Living God." This is one of the few complete acknowledgements by anyone in the Bible on who Jesus really is, and prompts us to ask who we say Jesus is? We discuss the controversy of what "rock" Jesus is building His Church, and the incredible fact of Him sharing His authority with the leaders of the Church.
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 1 min
In Matthew 16:1-12, Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for seeking a sign to prove who He is. In so doing, He reveals our own hypocrisy when we also refuse to see God at work all around us.
Mar 23, 2023•59 min
We all have times when it seems that God is rudely saying no to our requests and expectations and at best it seems distant and silent. Today's study of Matthew 15: 21-28 shows us the road map towards deeper faith which we are invited to follow by God's seeming rudeness but actual deep love for us.
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Matthew 15: 21 -28 As we read these verses, we learn about the mother whose love for her very sick daughter motivates her to seek Jesus. Her persistence and faith in Him are rewarded when He cures her daughter.
Mar 02, 2023•58 min
Matthew 15: 10 -20 “It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles man, but what comes out of his mouth that defiles man.” In these verses, Jesus clarifies the law as we learn it is the words that come from our hearts that are of the utmost importance to Him.
Mar 02, 2023•58 min
Matthew 15: 1-9 As we read these verses, we learn how we must encounter God with a clean and pure heart.
Feb 23, 2023•58 min
Matthew 14: 13 – 21 In these verses, we learn how we bring what we have to God. He illumines our hearts as our faith deepens.
Feb 02, 2023•1 hr
Matthew 14: 1-12 In these verses, Herod becomes fearful as he learns more about the teachings of Jesus through John. As a result, John loses his life.
Jan 26, 2023•1 hr
