Category: Gospel of Matthew
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The Messenger of Malachi (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 16)
NOTE: “Refiner’s Fire” is a mini-series within my overall series on the gospel of Matthew. To start from the beginning, go here and look for the Refiner’s Fire section at the bottom. # Maybe even more than his connection with Elijah, John understood himself to be the messenger of Malachi and Isaiah. In the same…
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The Prophecies Made About You (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 15)
NOTE: “Refiner’s Fire” is a mini-series within my overall series on the gospel of Matthew. To start from the beginning, go here and look for the Refiner’s Fire section at the bottom. # Several decades in the future, the apostle Paul wrote to his protégé Timothy: Timothy, my son, I am giving you this instruction…
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The Slow Becoming of John the Baptist (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 14)
NOTE: “Refiner’s Fire” is a mini-series within my overall series on the gospel of Matthew. To start from the beginning, go here and look for the Refiner’s Fire section at the bottom. # Luke, who tells John’s story with the most detail, does not specify at what age John left normal society and went into…
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A Voice in the Wilderness (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 13)
NOTE: “Refiner’s Fire” is a mini-series within my overall series on the gospel of Matthew. To start from the beginning, go here and look for the Refiner’s Fire section at the bottom. # In our Bibles, the Old and New Testaments are separated only by a blank and a title page. We can go directly…
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Looking to the Future Again (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 12)
NOTE: “Refiner’s Fire” is a mini-series within my overall series on the gospel of Matthew. It deals with the story of John the Baptist as a vehicle for navigating our own struggles with doubt, disappointment, and crisis of faith. I’m working on it daily and will release the whole thing as a book once it’s…
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What John Believed: Jubilee, Suffering, and Seventy Weeks (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 11)
NOTE: “Refiner’s Fire” is a mini-series within my overall series on the gospel of Matthew. It deals with the story of John the Baptist as a vehicle for navigating our own struggles with doubt, disappointment, and crisis of faith. I’m working on it daily and will release the whole thing as a book once it’s…
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What John Believed: The Apocalypse of Daniel (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 10)
NOTE: “Refiner’s Fire” is a mini-series within my overall series on the gospel of Matthew. It deals with the story of John the Baptist as a vehicle for navigating our own struggles with doubt, disappointment, and crisis of faith. I’m working on it daily and will release the whole thing as a book once it’s…
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What John Believed: Messiah, Son of David (Refiner’s Fire Pt 9)
NOTE: “Refiner’s Fire” is a mini-series within my overall series on the gospel of Matthew. It deals with the story of John the Baptist as a vehicle for navigating our own struggles with doubt, disappointment, and crisis of faith. I’m working on it daily and will release the whole thing as a book once it’s…
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What John Believed: The Return of the King (Refiner’s Fire Pt 8)
NOTE: “Refiner’s Fire” is a mini-series within my overall series on the gospel of Matthew. It deals with the story of John the Baptist as a vehicle for navigating our own struggles with doubt, disappointment, and crisis of faith. I’m working on it daily and will release the whole thing as a book once it’s…
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My New Book Is Out: Read the First 3+ Chapters for Free
It’s been a privilege and a joy for me to release my new book this week. (A HUGE thank you to everyone who has grabbed a copy thus far!) As the first in a series of “narrative commentaries” on the gospel of Matthew, this book has been more than four years in the making. It…