By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2011 Christ had repeatedly tried to prepare His disciples for His crucifixion, but they just did not understand. He had used various allusions to His…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2011 In one way, this section may seem out of place, since up to this point the Olivet Discourse has been dealing the future of…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2011 In line with all the other illustrations of His coming used here in the Olivet Discourse, the parable of the ten virgins is a…
By: Dr. Steven C. Riser; ©2010 Most of us probably have a pretty firm perspective on money and materialism, but it can change. Some of us know down deep, it…
By: Dr. Steven C. Riser; ©2010 When we hear the word “Gospel,” we think we understand it, but do we know how to apply it to our lives? And yet…
By: Cathy Sims; ©2010 Our God is a Covenant-keeping God. A covenant is a solemn, binding agreement. It isn’t like the contracts and commitments that most of us make –…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 During His ministry Jesus presented many infallible proofs of His Messiahship, healing all kinds of disease and sickness, demonstrating His power over the elements,…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 The first question of Jesus to the Pharisees has to do with the humanity of the Messiah; at least this is how they interpreted…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 The Pharisees and Saducees had a common motive, to entrap Jesus no matter how He answered the three questions in this section of Matthew:…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 Though there is a chapter division here, the argument of the context definitely indicates that this parable is the conclusion of a trilogy of…
