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26: 1a..   When Jesus had finished saying all these things, …  Where are we in the story? Which things was Jesus saying? This goes back...

Last Thursday night, I went to a Recovery service that is held regularly at the church that we attend in Delray Beach. The Recovery...

Last week we read this prophecy with a parable only far enough to see what happened to the sheep. The sheep got a good report. How about...

Over time, John Wesley added ‘meeting places’, buildings so called rather than ‘churches’ since Wesley did not intend to create another...

If I had to pick the scariest scene in the Bible, it would not be from the Book of Revelation or from Daniel. It would be this parable....

Nineteenth Century England was organized around social classes. Distinctions between people and the privileges of class were at their...

This third parable is not about female bridesmaids but about male slaves. In some ways, it is reminiscent of the first parable which is...

In addition to being an evangelist, like George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley also had a gift for leading and organizing...

At the end of the last chapter, Jesus told the first of what will be four consecutive parables to illustrate his points about coming...

Why did Whitefield invite Wesley to come to Bristol to complete what Whitefield himself had started with his field preaching? This is a...

Jesus has answered the question that the disciples asked about the destruction of the temple and the signs of these times; or, at least,...

John Wesley’s life had caught up with his preaching, His theme was not only salvation by God’s grace through faith, now he also felt it...

In the first part of this chapter, Matthew has shown us how Jesus responded to the complex bundle of questions that the disciples asked....

John Wesley was at sea, both literally and figuratively. He was returning from Georgia, the ship sailing under the lee of Ireland making...

When we begin a chapter, we always ask ourselves: Where are we in the story? What is the setting of this new story?   Matthew 19-20....

Susanna Wesley nurtured the sense that God had a mission for John. Step by step John developed a disciple’s understanding that there was...

Oúaì, that’s the Greek word for ‘Woe’. Jesus pronounced seven ‘woes’ on the scribes and Pharisees. However, Matthew wrote in Greek, but...

I said last week that the church needs constant revival and renewal. When a generation adopts their father’s and mother’s renewal,...

Jesus has spoken directly to the crowds and the disciples. He warned the people about imitating the behavior of the scribes and Pharisees...

How did the German Evangelical Church get so off track? They fell prey to the Devil’s trap as illustrated in Jesus’ temptations in the...