On finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. Matt 13:46 (NIV) Ultimate Value – Parable Series 2 – Part 6 Go to PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 (OR go to Parable Series 1) The merchant lived a life of endless...
The Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearl… Matt 13:45 (NIV) Pearl of Great Price – Parable Series 2 – Part 5 Go to PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 (OR go to Parable Series 1) A moment of confession before we begin (and it will tie in...
A farmer went out to sow his seed… Matt 13:3 (NIV) Thorns and Seeds – Parable Series 2 – Part 4 Go to PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 (OR go to Parable Series 1) Jesus audience in Matthew 13 would have loved talking about who was who – who were those who were...
As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty. Matt 13:23 (NIV) Soil and Seed – Parable Series 2 – Part 3 Go to PART 1 |...
But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it… Matt 13:23 (NIV) Seed and Secrets – Parable Series 2 – Part 2 Go to PART 1 (OR go to Parable Series 1) In Matthew, Jesus tells the story of a Sower who scatters some seed....
The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Matt 13:11 (NIV) They, Them and Jesus – Parable Series 2 – Part 1 (Go to Parable Series 1) In “Short Stories by Jesus” Amy-Jill Levine writes: “Jesus told...
Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor 13:13 (NLT) For the Love of God – Part 3 Go to PART 1 | PART 2 Paul is unearthing for us the deepest nature of God; his essence and fundamental makeup. And because God is...
Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor 13:13 (NLT) What Hope Does – Part 2 Go to PART 1 We throw the word ‘hope' around fairly flippantly, and so sometimes it can be hard to see its strength. We say things...
Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor 13:13 (NLT) Clearly Seeing Faith – Part 1 Clearly, Paul believes that love is at the end of it all. In 1st Corinthians, he is passionately explaining, almost ranting,...
Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. John 20:29 (NIV) Imagination is powerful. For some of us, to believe in the invisible and the unknowable is an adventure we’re not unaccustomed too. Seeing...
