As You Go, Make Disciples

Today’s Bible reading* includes Jesus’ “Great Commission”. Jesus has spent three years with his disciples and is commissioning them for their ministry. Grammatically speaking, there is one command with several participles that describe how the command is to play out. He begins with “As you go”. He assumes that His disciples will go. Because He…

Applying Eschatology

I will probably upset someone with this devotional based on today’s Bible reading*. It’s because I don’t share the most popular view of eschatology. As a result, I see this passage very differently than many people. But we need to seek to understand and apply the Bible according to the Bible and not according to…

God Owns it All

In today’s Bible reading*, we read the parable of the Kingdom of God through the vineyard manager. In it, some day laborers are hired in the morning. They agree to work for a day’s wage. Several other times during the day, new workers are hired and agree to work for a day’s wage. At the…

Judgment: A Common Theme

Jesus tells a series of parables in today’s Bible reading*. Each is different, yet all have a common theme: judgment. Judgment isn’t something we like to talk about. It isn’t very kind, is it? It isn’t very nice. It’s kind of … well, judgey and we aren’t supposed to judge, right? (Matthew 7:1) But these…