Walking With Jesus  5While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’ Matthew 17:5 The disciples look on in fear, awe and confusion at what must have been a bewildering experience. [...]

Walking With Jesus  “See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. 16If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live and become numerous, and the Lord your [...]

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost is taste how can its saltiness be restored? You are the light of the world.  A city built on a hill cannot be hid.”  Matthew 5:13-14. Jesus tells us: You are the salt of the earth.  And  - You are the [...]

3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:1. These words of Jesus are the opening lines of that rich treasure of Matthew's Gospel we know as the Sermon on the Mount. The "beatitudes," as we often refer to them, seem to be Jesus' way of capturing [...]

“19And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” 20Immediately they left their nets and followed him.” Matthew 4:19-20 Andrew and Peter took no time to contemplate whether they should go with Jesus. Matthew says they immediately left their nets and followed him. This has always made me wonder if they [...]

“When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” Then Jesus says to them, “Come and see.” John 1:38-39 I don’t know about you, but when I invite someone over to my home, I [...]

16And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased. [...]

11On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:11T Messengers of faith come to us in all shapes and sizes and surprise us with their gifts and [...]

13Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”  " Matthew 2:13 We have just [...]

‘Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel’, which means, ‘God is with us.’ Matthew 1:23 What does it mean that God is with us? God came into this world through ordinary, mixed-up people in order to save ordinary, mixed-up people like you and me. I am so [...]