Posts with the category “cost-of-living”

Highlight Do you remember the game where you try to guess the picture or logo based on a really zoomed in pixel shot? All that you see is red and white pixels, then zoom out a bit more and it is just...  Read More

Highlight Exodus 24 is a foreshadowing of Jesus’ last days in reverse. In Exodus, the covenant between God and Israel begins with a sacrifice and ends with a meal. Where Jesus’ new covenant begins wit...  Read More

Highlight The Ten Commandments are probably the most well known of the over six hundred laws that God gives Moses. When Jesus comes, He simplifies the law by saying “'Love the Lord your God with all y...  Read More

Highlight Think back to your first memory of attending church. Is it a good memory? Bad memory? A little blurry. Or maybe crystal clear, you remember every detail....  Read More

Highlight Exodus 18:12 says, “then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses’ father-in-...  Read More

Welcome Welcome to Week 4 of the Cost of Living. This reading plan is typically designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information a...  Read More

Highlight The parable of the talents comes in a run of several parables all talking about the coming return of the Lord. The Parable of the Talents is specifically a reminder that we must keep dilige...  Read More

Highlight The Parable of the Tenants is unique amongst the parables we have looked at thus far because it is not very hard to understand what Jesus is talking about. The meaning is thinly veiled, so ...  Read More

Highlight Part of the genius of Jesus’ use of parables was that he used common knowledge at the time to help everyone understand the character of God. The problem for modern readers is that sometimes...  Read More

Highlight The Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man is directly connected with yesterday’s parable of the Dishonest Manager. After hearing the parable of the Dishonest Manager and the following lesson ...  Read More

Highlight This parable is widely considered to be Jesus’ most difficult parable because it appears to commend sinful and selfish behavior. To understand what’s going on, the key is to realize that Je...  Read More

Welcome Welcome to Week 3 of the Cost of Living Reading Plan. This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information...  Read More

Highlight The parable of The Lost Son is a well known parable. It takes a look at a wealthy father and his sons. The younger son asks for his inheritance, the father honors the request, and the son go...  Read More

Highlight A silver coin or silver drachma, would have been roughly a day's wage. If this was part of her dowry price of her marriage, she would have worn the coins in her headdress and noticed instant...  Read More

Highlight When reading this passage there are verses that feel harsh. Verse 33 in particular says “those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.” Talk about a gut punch. ...  Read More

Highlight In Biblical days it was customary for there to be multiple invitations to a banquet. The first invitation was often to announce that it was happening in the near future, and the second to an...  Read More

Highlight It is likely you have heard the phrase “Good Samaritan.” In our context it is often used to describe a person who generously helps another person. News stories will highlight a good Samarita...  Read More

Welcome Welcome to Week 2 of the Cost of Living Reading Plan. This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information...  Read More

Highlight The extent of God’s forgiveness cannot be understood without a sense of how extreme Jesus’ example is in this extraordinary parable. The number Jesus uses is ten thousand talents. All scho...  Read More

This passage opens with a man asking Jesus to render a judgment between him and his brother. This was a common practice at the time - Jewish rabbis (teachers of the law) would make judgments as they ...  Read More

In this simple, short parable Jesus uses financial debt as a metaphor for the spiritual debt incurred through sin. The woman is described as a sinner, the word hamartolos in Greek. Throughout his acc...  Read More

We start our Reading Plan with Jesus’ parable about parables. At times throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry, he would attract groups of people who would gather to hear him teach about the Kingdom of Go...  Read More

Welcome to Week 1 of the Cost of Living Reading Plan. This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information about ...  Read More