Matthew | Blind Man's Fancy

Let’s Not Pretend We Don’t Pretend

March 1, 2020March 22, 2020 B.J. MaxwellBiblical Meditations, Matthew

Woe to you pretenders. It briefly captures our attention if Jesus says it once. To say it seven times at one sitting captures us for eternity. Woe, woe, woe, woe, woe, woe, woe to you pretenders. Like a methodical boxer, Jesus had picked his spots throughout Matthew’s gospel. The Pharisees were slow-footed heavyweights who stomped and thudded and complained. For three years, they chased Jesus around the ring flailing about […]

Take Up Your Cross, and Stay There

November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 B.J. MaxwellBiblical Meditations, Church Life, Current Events, Matthew, Theology

“In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking him and saying, ‘He saved others; he cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. HE TRUSTS IN GOD; LET GOD RESCUE him now, IF HE DELIGHTS IN HIM; for He said, “I am the Son of God.”‘” (Mt 27.41–43) Tell me if […]