by Carey Green | Apr 6, 2023 | Kingdom
KINGDOM: Victory over Enemies is Coming (Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43) In this study we run into our second instance where Jesus tells a parable, then at the request of His disciples, provides the interpretation. This serves us in two different but related ways…...
by Carey Green | Feb 2, 2023 | Kingdom
KINGDOM: Hearts where the Kingdom takes root (Matthew 13:18-23) Hear then the parable of the sower: Matthew, Quoting Jesus Disciple & Apostle of Jesus Christ, MATTHEW 13:18 I love it when an author, speaker, or songwriter explains themselves. To hear what was...
by Carey Green | Jan 30, 2023 | Kingdom
KINGDOM: Who gets to see the Kingdom? (Matthew 13:10-17) One of the unique things about Jesus’ manner of teaching is that He often used parables. You know this. You’ve read them countless times, I’m sure. And I suspect you too have had the same befuddling experience...
by Carey Green | Jan 10, 2023 | Kingdom
KINGDOM: Stronger than Satan (Matthew 12:22-29) Jesus’ encounters with the real, humble people of His day continue to inspire me, not just because He was able to do the miraculous on their behalf, thereby changing their lives forever, but also because of the manner...
by Carey Green | Dec 1, 2022 | Kingdom
KINGDOM: A present Kingdom in Jesus’ day (Matthew 10:5-15) What’s the last challenging mission you were a part of? I’m not necessarily talking about what we’ve come to call “mission trips,” though that may qualify, I’m talking about any situation where you had...
by Carey Green | Nov 22, 2022 | Gospel, Kingdom
KINGDOM: The Good News of the Kingdom (Matthew 9:35-38) There is a very sad and old joke among Pastors. It goes like this… One Sunday morning, a certain man was uncharacteristically still in bed as the time to leave for church approached. His wife came into the...
by Carey Green | Nov 15, 2022 | Discipleship, Kingdom
KINGDOM: Servants do their Master’s will, which is… (Matthew 7:21-23) 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Matthew, Quoting Jesus Disciple & Apostle of Jesus...
by Carey Green | Nov 10, 2022 | Discipleship, Kingdom
KINGDOM: The clarifying priority (Matthew 6:33) There’s an unpredictable and often disheartening up and down, back and forth cycle to life on this spinning blue ball we call earth. We experience times of blessing and grace that blow our minds and explode our hearts...
by Carey Green | Nov 3, 2022 | Kingdom, Prayer
Kingdom: Praying for the Kingdom on earth (Matthew 6:9b-13) Prayer is a mystery to me on many levels. The most obvious has to do with the HOW of it, not the WHAT of it. I know prayer to be conversations with our great God, Yahweh, through the merit and virtue of His...
by Carey Green | Oct 20, 2022 | Kingdom, Law
Kingdom: The Law of God in the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 5:17-20) My entire Christian life I’ve felt a tension between the words “law” and “grace,” and the meaning behind each of them. The church tradition I was raised in spoke highly of the grace of God, preaching a...
