Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: faith

  • When Familiarity Doesn’t Breed Contempt

    Matthew 13:53-58, NLT –  When Jesus had finished telling these stories and illustrations, he left that part of the country.  He returned to Nazareth, his hometown. When he taught there in the synagogue, everyone was amazed and said, “Where does he get this wisdom and the power to do miracles?”  Then they scoffed, “He’s just…

  • An Uncomfortable Truth

    Matthew 13:47-50, The Message – “Or, God’s kingdom is like a fishnet cast into the sea, catching all kinds of fish. When it is full, it is hauled onto the beach. The good fish are picked out and put in a tub; those unfit to eat are thrown away. That’s how it will be when…

  • Staying in Our Lane

    Matthew 13:36-43, NIV – Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.  The field is the world, and the good seed…

  • Triggered!

    Matthew 13:24-30, CEB – Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like someone who planted good seed in his field.  While people were sleeping, an enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat and went away.  When the stalks sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared. “The servants of the…

  • Seeing the World the Way We Want. . .

    Matthew 11:16-19, The Voice – What is this generation like? You are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out, “When we played the flute, you did not dance; and when we sang a dirge, you did not mourn.”  What I mean is this: When John came, he dressed in the clothes of a…

  • If John Had His Doubts, What Chance Do I Have?

    Matthew 11:6-15, NIV – “Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”  As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?  If not, what did you go out to see? A…

  • What is a “Prophet’s Reward?”

    Matthew 10:40-42, NIV – Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.  Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.  And if anyone gives even a…

  • Jesus, A Sword of Division?

    Matthew 10:34-39  “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father,     a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—      a man’s enemies will be the members…

  • Living Out Loud

    Matthew 10:17-33, NIV –  Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.  On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.  But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or…

  • What Do You Really Need to Be Faithful?

    Matthew 10:9-15, The Message – “Don’t think you have to put on a fund-raising campaign before you start. You don’t need a lot of equipment. You are the equipment, and all you need to keep that going is three meals a day. Travel light. “When you enter a town or village, don’t insist on staying…