The Upside Down World, Week 2, Day 6
September 22, 2017
MATTHEW 15:8 The average yield in a field in First Century Palestine was 10-fold. No farmer, throwing seeds by hand from a sling-like...
September 22, 2017
MATTHEW 15:8 The average yield in a field in First Century Palestine was 10-fold. No farmer, throwing seeds by hand from a sling-like...
September 21, 2017
LUKE 15:20-23 The First Century listeners expect the returning son to be beaten or stoned for his offenses against his family and father...
September 21, 2017
DAY 12 THURSDAY|SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 MATTHEW 15:4-8; 11:20-24 Jesus is a realist about ministry! Three quarters of the soils do not yield a crop!...
September 20, 2017
MATTHEW 15:7 Inattention, Opposition, and Competition. You and I only have so much time and energy and focus to give to things and people...
September 19, 2017
MATTHEW 15:5-6 Inattention means truth never registers, penetrates, and roots in us. Opposition means that even truths planted can be and...
September 18, 2017
MATTHEW 15:1-4 There are reasons why the word of God does not reside deeply in our hearts. The soil types describe three categories of problems...
September 17, 2017
WEEK 2 “SOIL SAMPLES” LUKE 8:5-8 | MATTHEW 13:1-9 Farming, for us, is an industry more than a way of life. Jesus’ audience...
September 16, 2017
MATTHEW 13:22 The “selling all” pattern can be over-spiritualized. It doesn’t refer in a simplistic way to you and I just...
September 15, 2017
EXODUS 20:1-4 Only “selling” gets the treasure and makes the acquisition of the Pearl possible. Some desires must be given up to make...