A major turning point in the ministry of Jesus was the day the religious leaders known as the Pharisees accused him of being a tool of the devil. On this day, Jesus healed a man who was possessed by a demon. The man was…
President Bill Clinton’s birth name was William Jefferson Blythe after his father who died in a car crash. Later in life, Clinton’s mom remarried and William Jefferson Blythe took on the last name of his step-father Roger Clinton, thus becoming the Bill Clinton we…
Jesus began His ministry with the Sermon on the Mount in which He painted a graphic picture of the kingdom of heaven. He demonstrated His authority by His miracles – healing the sick, driving out demons, and raising the dead. As word got out,…
At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, the first major sermon that Jesus delivered, He gave a few tips on what we need to do to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Much of what Jesus shared in the Sermon on the Mount…
During the time of Christ, the religious leaders known as the Pharisees were well known for judging the actions of others. Jesus was not against judging between good and evil. Jesus was against assigning motives to someone else’s actions. “Do not judge, or…
In Christ’s day, the Jewish philosophy was that those who are rich are those whom God loves. In Deuteronomy 28, in the Old Testament, God promised to bless the Jews materially if they were obedient to His Word; and He also told them there…
In the first major teaching event delivered by Jesus Christ known as the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus set aside some time to teach those listening how to pray. In so doing, He provided his followers with a model prayer commonly referred to today…
During the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus rejected the interpretation of the law held by the Jewish religious leaders known as the Pharisees. By focusing on the letter of the law rather than the spirit of the law, the Pharisees had gone off in…