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Tag Archives: testing
Someone is going to go too far
[Matthew 5:38-42] Someone, this week, is going to go too far. Someone is going to ask more than they should ask. Someone is going to insult you. Someone is going to ask for more than they deserve. Someone is going … Continue reading
when help comes.
Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him. Matthew 4: 11 How far will a text stretch to absorb the applications we try to make? We often take what people say and we add to it, we … Continue reading
Testing God
[Matthew 4:5-7] Don’t test God. That’s what Jesus says to the devil. The devil said to jump off the temple wall. He said that God had promised to send angels to catch people who were falling. Jesus says, “It is … Continue reading
Risky business
[Matthew 4:5-6] The devil says to jump. That’s what Matthew tells us in his description of the testing of Jesus. You know the thing mothers are supposed to have said? When you say that everyone is doing something, they are … Continue reading
