Titus 3:8-15; Luke 8:5-15            If the Lord’s disciples had trouble grasping the meaning of the parable of the sower, we should not be surprised if we do also.  Unlike them, we do not live in an agricultural society in which people were famil...

2 Corinthians 11:31-12:9; Luke 7:11-16           People often go to extraordinary lengths to hide their weakness from others and even from themselves.  Out of insecurity and fear, we do our best to appear before our neighbors as self-reliant and s...

Galatians 4:22-27; Luke 5:1-11            It is a heavy burden for married couples not to be able to conceive and bear children.  That is true today in our society, and it was certainly the case for Jewish couples in the first century.  Zechariah ...

Galatians 2:16-20; Mark 8:34-9:1           In some ways, people today are too familiar with the image of the cross.  Some wear it as just another a piece of jewelry or otherwise use it to symbolize values or organizations that have nothing to do w...