By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2008 Lessons in faith from a Gentile – the Syrophoenician woman, who brought her daughter to Jesus in spite of race and religious barriers, and…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2008 Jesus’ answer to the Pharisees’ traditions concerning “washing” rituals is that food eaten with unwashed hands does not defile a man. As He will…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2008 When news of Jesus’ miracles reached Gennesaret, people began to line the streets of the villages with the sick in their pallets or folding…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2007 Walking on the Water (Matthew 14:22-33) In this section there is a repeated occurrence of the Greek word eutheos. In the King James Version…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2007 The feeding of the 5000 is the only miracle of Christ (in addition to His own resurrection) which is recorded in all four Gospels.…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2007 Herod the Great had an extensive and complicated family tree; he had a total of ten wives and fourteen children. His fourth wife bore…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2007 “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house. And he did not many mighty works there…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2007 This article explains the meaning of the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price and the Parable of the Dragnet. Previous Article The Parable…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2007 Two parables, the treasure in the field and the pearl of great price, have a man selling all he has and buying the field,…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2007 Two parables, the treasure in the field and the pearl of great price, have a man selling all he has and buying the field,…