Matthew 10:34-39
These words of Jesus jar us, particularly here in the Wellington culture. Family is everything. What’s Jesus talking about here?
Jesus is making it clear that a radical relationship with Him has a way of forcing one’s hand, of revealing our ultimate loyalty. Staying connected to Jesus may mean being separated from someone else, even [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘In the Word’
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Out with the Old, In with the New
Matthew 9:9-34
Jesus seldom fit people’s expectations. To round up his personal crew of disciples, he scraped the bottom of the barrel when he included Matthew the tax collector. Immediately his judgment is questioned, “Why does your Teacher eat with such scum?”
Jesus replied that he had a different mission based on His identity as a “doctor.” [...]
