Morning “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.” And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.—For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God.—By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 23:1-4 wherein we are brought back to the need for right preaching and practicing. Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so practice and observe whatever they tell you—but not what they do.  For they preach, but do not practice.  They...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 22:34-40 wherein Jesus brings all of the direction of Scripture into two concise and convicting statements. But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.  And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.  “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 21:28-31 wherein we learn the importance of aiming toward ending up in the kingdom of God. “What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’  And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind and went.  And he went to...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 20:30-34 wherein we see two blind men receive their sight, enabling them all the better to follow the One who favored them. And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”  The crowd rebuked...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 19:28-30 wherein we see Jesus’ teaching on eternal investments. Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And everyone who has left houses...