by ray | Mar 24, 2013 | Matthew, NT, Sermons
Passion Week is right around the corner. It’s called Passion Week because of the “passion” or suffering Jesus underwent in the final week leading up to the crucifixion. Consider this. In the gospel of Matthew, out of twenty-eight chapters, eight are devoted to the...
by ray | Dec 29, 2012 | Current Events
Article by MAUREEN DOWD, posted on The New York Times. When my friend Robin was dying, she asked me if I knew a priest she could talk to who would not be, as she put it, “too judgmental.” I knew the perfect man, a friend of our family, a priest conjured up out of an...
by ray | Nov 19, 2012 | Devotionals, Other Ministries
Paul told the Philippians that living worthy of the gospel of Christ meant fearlessness before enemies. Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ… not frightened in anything by your opponents (Philippians 1:27-28). Then he gave the logic of...
by ray | Nov 9, 2012 | Devotionals
I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. ~Job 42:5 In his time, Job was the most righteous person on earth. He was so godly that the Lord took pleasure in pointing him out to Satan (Job 1:8). Yet, despite his love for God and his...
by ray | Oct 24, 2012 | Matthew, NT, Sermons
3) Rest for those who are suffering Jesus offers rest for those in ministry. He offers rest for the doubters. Third, Jesus offers rest for those who are suffering. John is beginning to doubt. So he sends out his disciples to ask Jesus, are you the Messiah? And the...
