Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 13:47-50 wherein we hear of a great net to be drawn and a final judgment given. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.  When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.  So it will be...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 12:43-45 wherein we observe Jesus’ teaching on the danger of an empty house. When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.  Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty,...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 11:2-6 wherein we find a companion in John the baptist and are moved to humility before our perfect Lord. Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?”  And Jesus answered them, “Go...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 10:40-42 wherein we receive Jesus’ teaching on what it means to receive others. Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.  The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person...

Matthew 9 32-34 Podcast Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 9:32-34 wherein we see Jesus doing an awesome work and dividing a crowd. As they were going away, behold, a demon-oppressed man who was mute was brought to him.  And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel.”  But the Pharisees said, ...

Matthew 8 19-22 PODCAST Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 8:19-22 wherein we observe the dangers of empty promises and the ease of giving poor excuses when it comes to following Jesus. And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”  And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay ...