≡ Is it possible that Jesus could tell them to repent in chapter 4 and then say they are blessed in chapter 5?

≡ Matt 5.38-41 If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second.

The short answer: no. But yes. And definitely no. And yes. But no. It depends. Yes, it's confusing, but actually it makes a lot of sense....

The experts say that Jesus' demand to “give to everyone who asks” would result in a class of saintly paupers and another of prosperous...

This is your goal in life: to be no worse than the unbeliever? Possibly we should set our sights a bit higher. A gray mouser relaxes in...

The rich young ruler says yes to Christ! The start of the road leading into the Roma village in Prejmer, Romania. Philippians 3.4-19 If...

The story of the starfish thrower

She had signed up but never th0ught she was a soldier. A boy sleeping in an alley, Romania. Luke 14.26, 33 Whoever comes to me and does...

Luke 14.25-29, 33 Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, “Whoever comes to me and does not hate...

Disregard him in a way that honors him. Luke 12.29-34 Do not worry what you will eat or what you will wear. For life is more than food,...

The curious situation of Luke writing something that no one who reads it is expected to do. Luke 9.59-62 He said to another man, “Follow...

I'll just check my calendar and see when I have an opening. Grenoble Luke 9.57-62 As they were going along the road, someone said to him,...

We sometimes say that giving is not good because it can hurt them, but what if it hurts you? There are things about us that God wants us...

one plus two equals zero without three. life along the riverbank, Kerala, India Matthew 19.21 If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your...

What you don't know could fill books from here to eternity A communist-era guard tower on the Romanian-Hungarian border, taken from the...