by Jacob D. Gerber | Jan 29, 2014 | Bible, Preaching
Post Series on Luke 18:1-8: God Wants You to Beat Him Down with Prayer How to Seek Justice When You are Also Guilty Do You Believe in God’s Love Enough to Pray? On Monday, we began to look at the parable of the persistent widow (sometimes called the parable of...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Jan 28, 2014 | Bible, Preaching
Post Series on Luke 18:1-8: God Wants You to Beat Him Down with Prayer How to Seek Justice When You are Also Guilty Do You Believe in God’s Love Enough to Pray? The parable that Jesus tells in Luke 18:1-8 is about prayer. Specifically, Jesus tells the parable...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Jan 27, 2014 | Bible, Preaching
Post Series on Luke 18:1-8: God Wants You to Beat Him Down with Prayer How to Seek Justice When You are Also Guilty Do You Believe in God’s Love Enough to Pray? In Luke 18, Jesus tells a parable about prayer. It is not clear whether Jesus told the parable to his...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Jan 12, 2014 | Bible, M'Cheyne Bible Readings
In Matthew 12, Jesus states three times that “something greater than _____ is here.” First, he says in Matthew 12:6 that I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. Second (and third), he says in Matthew 12:41-42 that The men of Nineveh will...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Jan 2, 2014 | M'Cheyne Bible Readings
Genesis 2; Matthew 2; Ezra 2; Acts 2 As I noted yesterday in the reflection on Matthew 1, Matthew’s gospel is written specifically to explain to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah. What makes Matthew 2 interesting, then, is its international focus. First,...