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Monday, September 21, 2026 - St. Matthew, Evangelist - Matthew wrote a Gospel to share his experience of the Lord. What...

To read the texts click on the texts: Eph 4:1-7,11-13; Mt 9:9-13 Most scholars hold today that the Gospel of Matthew was written after Mark. Matthew’s Gospel was the one that was...

21 September – St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist: Wherein the Feast begat a blog post

Today is the Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist.   The other Apostle and Evangelist is St. John. The Evangelists Luke and Mark were not Apostles in the sense that the Twe...

Today in the Spirit: Proper 23A

The Gospel of Matthew sets up the narrative of our Lord’s final week in Jerusalem before the Last Supper as a one-two strike: first, a prolonged, direct attack on the hypocrisy of...

Matthew Showering

The Testimony of Blind Bartimaeus- Matthew 20:29-34 #sermon

Today in the Spirit: Proper 18A

Following Matthew’s sequence of events, our Lord now returns to home base in Capernaum for a brief time before setting out for Judea and Jerusalem. In our worship, we come to the f...

The Most Unlikely Disciple and the Importance of Invitation

[Jesus] saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. (Lk. 5:27) Levi the tax collector, also known as Matthew, has one of the greatest conversion stories of all the...

What Happened at The Transfiguration of Christ? Matthew 17:1-13 #sermon

Today in the Spirit: Proper 25A

We continue in the liturgical year with Matthew’s account of the last week of our Lord’s life, leading up to the crucifixion. It is still early in the week when Jesus is tested by...

October 17, 2026

 Matthew 21:16  Context: During Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, children in the temple were praising Him, calling Him the “Son of David.” When the chief priests and religiou...

Today in the Spirit: Proper 20A

In our year-long meditation from Matthew on the revelation of Jesus, the church now moves us forward to a point just before our Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem.  The assigned...

Are You A Good Person? Matthew 19:16-22 #sermon

Today in the Spirit: Proper 21A

With the assigned readings in Proper 21A, the church takes us forward in Matthew to Jesus’ teaching in the temple after his final entry into Jerusalem.  The Gospel reading out of M...

Response to ELCA Pastor on Matthew 15:21-28

The Great Wedding Feast- Matthew 22:1-14

How Often Do I Forgive? Matthew 18:21-35

The Bible Companion Book 10 by Karen Westbrook Moderow Blog Tour Book Review

About the BookBook: The Bible Companion Book 10 Matthew–John The GospelsAuthor: Karen Westbrook ModerowGenre: Bible StudyRelease Date: May 29, 2026What do you think about Jesus?The...

Encountering Jesus through The Mark Drama

From Moore College: “Over two nights in Marcus Loane Hall, Moore College students performed The Mark Drama, a 90-minute retelling of the Gospel of Mark presented in theatre-in-the-...

Jesus in the Storm

Jesus’ disciples went down to the lake where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for...

John 11:55 – 12:11. Discipleship: Empty extravagance or Extravagant emptiness?

Moore College Principal Mark Thompson spoke at College Chapel on Friday morning. It was also the last day of Moore’s Open Week. His passage was John 11:55 – 12:11, The anointing at...

Matthew West Extends the Jesus Is King Tour Into Spring With 18 New Dates

COGHIVE COGHIVE - Download Latest & Free Gospel Music for 2025 Five-time GRAMMY nominee, two-time NSAI Songwriter-Artist of the Year and award-winning hitmaker Matthew West is...

Today in the Spirit: Proper 22A

The intensity level of the conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders of Jerusalem reaches its highest pitch in the last days before our Lord’s death. At Proper 22A, the chur...

MATTHEW SHEPHERD: History

The metal heels of Finlay’s shoes strike the tiled floor and announce his arrival. Three years without word then he shows up to serve his signature dish typically cold. Only this t...

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: “Follow Me”

Two words changed the direction of Peter and Andrew’s lives: “Follow me” (Matthew 4:19, KJV). In the first-century Jewish world, discipleship involved far more than attending a tea...