It was the famous missionary C.T. Studd who said, ‘One life to life it soon will pass, only what’s done for Christ will last.’ Jesus Christ came to seek and to save the lost. He has gone away for a while and has left us here for however long he gives us to continue his […]
The parable presents us with an Exceptional Invitation, but also says there are Exclusions and those who make Excuses. As a truly terrible dinner guest, Jesus contrasts the earthly banquet he attends with the Pharisees to the heavenly banquet. Many who believed they would be honoured will not. Many who also believe they would be […]
The church has struggled and we all have struggled with the urgency of gospel proclamation. A disciple of Jesus has to be someone who is concerned for those who are not just dying physically but who are still in their sin and deserving of God’s judgement.
While the dishonest manager secured his short term future by the use of wealth, so too Jesus challenges us to use our wealth for the eternal future of ourselves and others. We have to ask ourselves if our wealth will be an idol or an instrument.
Here we examine the Character of the Judge, the Character of the Widow, the Character of God and the Character of Prayer. This parable gives us a character by contrast. On one hand an unjust, uncaring judge who eventually and reluctantly gives justice – is compared to a loving heavenly father who loves to give […]
In this parable, we see the prodigal planner and the party pooper. As the younger son returns with his pre-prepared plan to be a hired servant and hopefully work his way back into his father’s favour, the father contradicts his plan as he welcomes him and reinstates him into the family. It is such a […]
This parable reveals to us a Stifled Son who Spends and the Forgiving Father who offers Freedom. The dictionary defines the word prodigal as meaning…Wasteful or recklessly extravagant: lavish or lavishly abundant. In understanding the word we can see how the younger son in seeking freedom lived prodigally. But we also see that the Father, […]
In this parable we see 2 men, 1 storm and 2 outcomes. Digging down deep to lay foundation like the wise man is hard, and in the parable the hearing and then doing the words of Jesus are compared to the energy of digging down deep enough to find solid rock. Our obedience to God’s […]