Author: Scott

Matthew 22:35-37 One of them… asked him a question… “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Every day, I look at the numbers for this blog’s performance. …
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Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. I am a bit of an introvert when it comes to crowds.  I love people, I just do not enjoy large parties.  So, when I get an invitation to the office Christmas party, though I think I should go, I put off making the decision. …
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Matthew 21:43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. On our way into jail for our usual Sunday morning bible study, a friend and I were discussing acquaintances who had recently returned to destruction and incarceration.  We have met many,…
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Matthew 21:31 Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you. Jesus’ words were, at times, offensive.  The chief priests and leaders of the temple came to him to challenge his authority and He responded in a manner that must have cut them to the…
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Matthew 21:12,13 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers… I am generally not an angry person, but when my will is frustrated, I tend to seethe inwardly. When I get angry, it is of course, justified, as I…
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Matthew 21:5,9 Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey… And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” I rarely write of politics.  I just do not have…
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  Matthew 20:26-28 Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Since we were children, most of us have had…
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Matthew 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard… I am unsure of the origin of it, but we have a saying at our house that expresses an exaggerated sense of unfairness:  I always, you never…  When…
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Matthew 19:29,30 Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first. Yesterday, I referenced those who claim that they would do anything…
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Matthew 19:16 A man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” … Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor…” I used to dislike this passage as I thought it meant that I must take a…
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