Perplexing Procedure Name for Neutering a Dog = Having My Dog “Fixed”
My son is having his dog Webster "fixed" today and I just was tickled with the inappropriate labeling of that procedure. Certainly if you were to ask Webster, he...
Pet Peeve #36: Cartoon I Couldn’t Resist
OK . . . this classifies as one of those silly Dad jokes. But I still wanted to capture it for the Pet Peeve files.
Pet Peeve #35: Cell Phone Alert Messages in the Middle of the Night
I want to be a good citizen as much as the next guy. But I fail to see how a blaring text alert message in the middle of the night accomplishes anything. The other...
Matthew 13:1-23 — Germination of the Kingdom — Introductory Parable of the Sower and the Soils
VARYING RESPONSES TO THE WORD OF GOD HIGHLIGHT FRUITFULNESS AS THE KEY EVIDENCE OF GENUINE DISCIPLESHIP
Matthew 12:38-50 — Warning Addressed to This Present Evil Generation
REJECTION OF MANIFEST TRUTH LEADS TO SEVERE JUDGMENT WHILE TRUE DISCIPLES PRIORITIZE SPIRITUAL FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Matthew 12:33-37 — Exposing the Source of Evil — Speech Matters
SPEECH REVEALS ONE’S INNER CHARACTER AND WILL BE JUDGED
Matthew 12:22-32 — The Unpardonable Sin
ATTRIBUTING WORKS OF JESUS TO DEMONIC POWER UNLEASHES A POWERFUL REFUTATION DENOUNCING THIS UNPARDONABLE SIN
Matthew 12:15-21 — Messiah Characterized as the Beloved Servant of the Lord
AS THE SPIRIT-EMPOWERED SERVANT OF THE LORD, THE CHOSEN MESSIAH WILL BRING JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES WITH COMPASSION AND POWER
Matthew 12:1-14 — Two Sabbath Controversies
SHOWING LOVE AND MERCY DEMONSTRATES THE SUPERIOR AUTHORITY AND MERCIFUL PRIORITIES OF JESUS OVER LEGALISTIC FORMALISM
Matthew 11:25-30 — Sovereign Revelation But Universal Invitation
ESSENTIAL DIVINE REVELATION IS TARGETED BUT UNIVERSAL DISCIPLESHIP INVITATION IS EXTENDED TO ALL
Matthew 11:20-24 — Woes Against Unrepentant Privileged Cities
GREATER OPPORTUNITY AND REVELATION BRING MORE SEVERE JUDGMENT FOR FAILURE TO REPENT
Matthew 11:2-19 — Don’t Look for Shortcuts to the Arrival of the Kingdom
FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST’S SUFFERINGS MUST PRECEDE ENJOYMENT OF KINGDOM EXALTATION – NO BYPASSING THE CROSS