Many of the people, including the disciples, thought that Jesus had come in order to make life on earth But Jesus makes clear that His purpose is different: He was headed to Jerusalem to "suffer many things Dig Deeper Imagine the look of horror on Peter's face upon hearing the very man he'd just identified

Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, “You did not make me”? So notice how seriously God takes hypocritical worship! The abundance of negatives in that statement makes it hard to understand.

religious practice, and ended up concluding that their wisdom, strength and riches were of their own making God is about to bring severe punishment on His own people by allowing the Babylonians to take them into This is what it means when we pray that our Father's name is hallowed - made holy - amongst us. able to speak to your Holy Father except for His grace and mercy provided through Christ which has made

virgin Mary, a truly human nature so that he might become David’s true descendant, like his brothers in every is fully human and through his mother Mary, He does have a biological heritage, and it's one that's very So whatever it is that's weighing you down today, take it to the Lord in prayer for sure, but even more

fact floating in the midst of billions of other trivial facts, rather it has profound implications on every is immediately recognizable to us because it's what Jewish people call their meeting place, but the very

Certainly he had trials and temptations in his youth and made his share of bad decisions, but it would make sense that this man, who'd by this point written so many psalms under the direct inspiration of Dig Deeper Did you notice the shift we made today?

Make people ask about your life "Is it live, or is it Memorex?" At that table he makes us enjoy himself as much as the merits of his suffering and death, as he nourishes The wicked person certainly takes the sacrament, to his condemnation, but does not receive the truth In other words, as you participate in the Supper, you become an imitator of God , fulfilling the very

back to it later this week. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked ; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 8 Then the man and his wife heard 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? comforted him, promising to give him his Son, “born of a woman,” to crush the head of the serpent, and to make

Jesus launched the Church with the expressed mission to make disciples . There have been times in history where this strategy has been very much in season; churches were full Dig Deeper   Paul here, inspired by the Holy Spirit, not only makes the church's strategy crystal clear

Philippians 3:7–9 (ESV) 7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain He writes, “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. must find your true value, and this is where you must place your confidence, not in anything you could ever Far from making you complacent, this should spur you on to gratitude, so that you're living out of gratitude