Looking Back at the Disciples (Matt, varied passages)
This week, we pause to look back over Matthew’s gospel so far and consider what it meant to be a disciple. Why did Jesus choose those he did? What did he ask of them in the moment? And what he was pre...
30 Mars 202535min
Transfiguration (Matt 17:1-13)
In one of the oddest moments of Jesus’s ministry, something happens on a mountain that three of his disciples struggle to comprehend. | Matthew | Series: The Exiled King
23 Mars 202532min
You are the Rock (Matt 16:13–28)
While walking through the Golan Heights, Jesus asks a strange question. When Simon Peter takes a leap of faith, Jesus changes his name and makes a declaration that has been misinterpreted for 2000 yea...
16 Mars 202536min
Signs? I’ll Give You a Sign (Matt 16:1–12)
When the Pharisees and Sadducees ban together to “stump” Jesus with a question about the end times, his response puts them on their heels and confuses his disciples. | Matthew | Series: The Exiled Kin...
9 Mars 202537min
Outside the Lines (Matt 15:29-39)
Picking up after the healing of the Canaanite woman, Jesus makes a circuitous journey home. Along the way, he teaches a subtle lesson about the reach of the gospel and relationship between Jews and Ge...
2 Mars 202534min
Pharisees, Traditions, and a…Canaanite? (Matt 15:1–28)
Confronted by religious leaders who have traveled north from Jerusalem to question him, Jesus openly criticizes their interpretation of the Scriptures. | Matthew | Series: The Exiled King
23 Feb 202537min
Miracles in the Galilee (Matt 14:13-36)
Hearing John the Baptist was executed, Jesus makes what appears to be an “accidental” tour around the northern Galilee performing two extraordinary miracles and healing many, drawing attention from th...
16 Feb 202538min
Herod and John the Baptist (Matt 14:1-12)
At the beginning of this narrative section, Matthew takes a moment to relate what happened to John the Baptist. This gives us a unique insight into the historical context of Jesus’s ministry. You can ...
9 Feb 202529min
