Patterns matter. They inform what an author is doing and saying in a book. Pastor Carr shows how Luke shows a pattern in Peter’s preaching and what that means for the book of Acts and how it can help us better understand the text.
Matthew 16:5-12 The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees
Last week we saw that the polar opposite Pharisees and Sadducees were cooperating together against Jesus. The Pharisees were like our so-called conservatives today. They held to what they had always believed and what they had always thought even though many elements of it were wrong. The Sadducees were like the progressives of our day. […]
Matthew 7:13-14 The Gate and the Path
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus was not just concerned with communicating truth, but in eliciting a response. Are you on the broad path or on the narrow way? How can one tell? What are the distinguishing marks of each? Listen, consider, and enter in at the narrow gate!
Therefore, Let Us Fear: Hebrews 4:1-3
Most of the time Scripture encourages us not to fear. Most of the time we are taught that if we fear (hold in reverence and respect the weight of His glory and holiness) God we have no need to fear anything. Pastor Matt brings us the strong warning from the author of Hebrews in the […]
