By the time we get to Matthew 16, we are halfway through the three-year ministry of Jesus. He is facing increasing hostility from the Jewish religious leaders. Jesus takes His disciples to the cliff ...

Not far from there a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus, "If you force us out, please send us into those pigs!" Jesus told them to go, and they went out of the men and into the ...

The Bible can be beautifully clear in some places but dense and thorny in others. It can be daunting to bushwhack through complex passages, seeking the right path to understanding scripture and living ...

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter ...