What do fasting and wineskins have to do with each other? Jesus answers those questions here. Jesus was always teaching. Most of his recorded teaching takes place in informal settings and in the course of conversation, often with questions and answers. By the way, you can still ask Jesus questions today. Fasting was a popular…
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What is worship and how are we supposed to do it? I have heard many people describe it. Some describe it as music and it seems that anything outside of ‘worship music’ is something else. I read in scripture of people who worship. No description of what they did is given, leaving that up to…
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Discernment is vital to a healthy spiritual life. We must be able to recognize those things that are harmful to us as well as those that are good for us. Jesus laid a groundwork for discernment in his Sermon on the Mount. Here is what he said. “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate…
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What do you do when you hit a wall? How do you respond when those you love reject your faith? What can you possibly do next? Jesus faced these issues in his ministry. Here is one example. At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants…
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