wrong to say this, for the Bible often equates Jesus with forgiveness (Matt. 26:28, Luke 24:47, Acts 2:38 , Acts 10:43, Acts 13:38, Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:13-14, 1 John 2:12, just to name a few).

But instead, Jesus fully answered this all important question in just 38 words. We'll spend the final six weeks of this year coming to understand the pattern these 38 words set for

those in our number who stubbornly persist in the "detestable things" mentioned in this chapter (v29-30

Summary In Matthew 5:34-37 Jesus speaks against making oaths, instead encouraging the people to “let

It seems that every church building that is 30+ years old has at least one of those types of items.

This is the response of the crowd and Peter’s reply from Acts 2:37-38: When the people heard this, they

Dig Deeper When I was a freshmen at Dordt College in NW Iowa 33 years ago, I worked on an egg farm.

As Jesus himself said from the cross, “it is finished” (John 19:30).

word here in Revelation 21:7 to describe God's people that he used to recount Jesus words in John 16:33

Not every good sermon will result in 3,000 converts.