by Philip Bryant | Jan 13, 2025 | Devotional
Jesus told them that unless they were more righteous than their religious leaders, they wouldn’t make it to heaven. This seems impossible. How can we be more righteous than even the most religious person? What was Jesus getting at? Was He talking only about us...
by Philip Bryant | Jan 10, 2025 | Devotional
Jesus was teaching the people in parables. He told of the wheat and the weeds and how, at the harvest, the weeds would be separated and burned in the fire. He said of the yeast put into the dough and about the tiny mustard seed, which, when fully grown, is extensive....
by Philip Bryant | Jan 9, 2025 | Devotional
Jesus responds to the duplicity that He is seeing. People are saying one thing and doing another. Jesus points this out: Luke 6:46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? We call Jesus Lord, but what do we really believe about Him? Lord means...
by Philip Bryant | Jan 8, 2025 | Devotional
Jesus teaches the people the parable of the soils. He tells of a farmer who went out to sow seed; some fell on the path, some on rocky ground, some on thorny ground, and some on good soil. He goes on to tell them that each soil gave a different result. The disciples...
by Philip Bryant | Jan 6, 2025 | Devotional
Jesus teaches us where our words come from. Matthew 12:34-35 For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. It is...
by Philip Bryant | Jan 3, 2025 | Devotional
The religious leaders were now plotting to kill Jesus. He named His apostles and came down to meet the people following Him. He tells them blessed are those who are poor, hungry, who weep, and… Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you...
