Matthew 16:1-12 Summary: Jesus warns that dangerous doctrine often comes subtly, disguised in religious language but marked by hypocrisy, legalism, skepticism, and worldliness. True faith doesn’t demand constant signs but trusts in Christ, rema...

Matthew 15:29-39  Summary: Jesus has compassion on the poor, the hungry, the needy. He also has compassion on us- the poor, unbelieving disciples! How often do we ask Jesus to prove Himself all over again when we have already seen Him work...

Jesus is risen! Don't just stand there looking up at the skies! This same Jesus will return in just the same way that He left. How are we living now to prepare for the return of the resurrected Christ?

Matthew 15:21-28-  The woman of Sidon whose daughter was possessed approached Jesus in boldness and desperation. But how she was tested! Can I be a dog, or an unworthy servant? If we find ourselves in DESPERATION, engage in EXALTATION, and...

Matthew 15:15-20- it is not what goes into a man that makes him unclean in God's eyes, but what proceeds out of Him. The irony of this teaching is that what we take in is also what will inevitably also come out. Jesus is shifting our focus from...