Category Archives: Jewish History/Culture

Nothing Left

Nothing Left
And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. Mark 15:24 In recent studies, this verse was given as a memory assignment. As I’ve pored over it in my mind, etching it on my heart, one thing I noticed was that He was left utterly…
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Kingdom of Heaven: Infiltrate

Kingdom of Heaven: Infiltrate
He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.” Matthew 13:33 Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to the effect of a small amount of leaven. For all the non-bakers out there, once mixed in and allowed to sit…
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The Kingdom of Heaven

The Kingdom of Heaven
He told them another parable. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like … Matthew 13:33 Jesus repeatedly points to the Kingdom of Heaven but there is some debate about what exactly it is. The term doesn’t appear in the Hebrew Bible yet the Jewish sages refer to it in their writings. Jesus spoke of it as something…
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Moving Mountains

Moving Mountains
With even the smallest grain of faith rightly placed, Jesus said we could move mountains. Did He mean that literally? If not, what was He talking about? Overcoming huge obstacles This is the most obvious and maybe the most common understanding. In fact, we still use this idiom today. The picture of doing something so…
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