The Slaughter of the Innocents in Matthew 2:14 is one of the most misunderstood stories in the New Testament. The few pastors who do preach on this passage spend most of their time trying to justify why Bethlehemite children had to be murdered to fulfill some obscure Old Testament prophesy. Yet, Matthew used these opening...
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Jesus’ parables are stories Jesus told, stories each with a particular purpose – not disconnected moral fables about how to be better people but rather stories to immerse us in another world, a truer world that he calls the kingdom of God. With each story, Jesus gives us a glimpse into, and helps us perceive...
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The weeks are busy. I feel as though I am constantly rushing through work and running to the next event. I am always looking at the clock to determine how best to squeeze in another meeting, phone call or errand. It is as though as soon as my head hits the pillow to sleep my...
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During Advent, Missio is concurrently running two series. On Mondays and Wednesdays Cameron Barham, lead pastor of Christ Community Church in Kennesaw, GA provides Advent devotions from the Gospel of Matthew. On Fridays, Drew Masterson of The Washington Institute provides a series of reflections on four films for Advent. And after the deportation to Babylon:...
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Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nashon,...
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The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Matthew 1:1 The opening sentence of the Gospel According to Matthew contains an eternity’s worth of theology in the meaning of Jesus’ name and titles. The first clue to the intended weight of this sentence is found in the...
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