by Brendan McLaughlin | Mar 21, 2021 | Weekly News
In last week’s sermon passage, Jesus’ 3 best friends got a glimpse of his heavenly glory (Matt 17:1-13). Yet they were not the only ones on the Mount of Transfiguration. Moses and Elijah were there too; the 2 OT figures who had themselves experienced God’s glory on...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Mar 14, 2021 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon passage was the first major climax in the gospel of Matthew. Since his opening verses, Matthew has been asking his readers ‘who is Jesus?’ In Matt 16:16 we hear it from Peter’s mouth; ‘The Messiah, the Son of the living God’. The fascinating...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Mar 7, 2021 | Weekly News
Do you know what the ‘Sign of Jonah’ is? According to Jesus it is the solution to our biggest problem in life. So it’s probably worth looking into. In Matt 16:1 the Pharisees and Sadducees come to Jesus asking for ‘a sign from heaven’. The issue is, Jesus has...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Feb 28, 2021 | Weekly News
Last week we looked at a very strange passage; the feeding of the four thousand (Matt 15:29-39). The reason it’s strange is because it comes less than a chapter after the feeding the five thousand (Matt 14:13-21). So why does Matthew recount 2 almost identical...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Feb 21, 2021 | Weekly News
In Matthew 15:21-28 (last week’s sermon passage), a remarkable change occurs with Jesus. He is approached by a Canaanite (unclean) woman begging for his help with her demon possessed daughter. Jesus first ignores the woman (v. 23), then says he was sent first and...
