Jesus probably said a lot about divorce and marriage. It mattered to him. It was, after all, a driving metaphor in why he was living. He knew that he was in love with people, that he was walking around because of that love, he knew that he was on his way to die because he […]

Jesus makes a huge assumption. He assumes that we have been forgiven many times and a great amount. That’s why, in Matthew 18:23-35, a guy gets into huge trouble, I mean huge trouble, for holding a colleague accountable for a debt. Let’s build the story. Man A owes man B some money. A should pay […]

Sometimes the Bible is hard to understand. Like Matthew 18:15-20. What the last half of that text says is if I release something on earth, it’s released in heaven. What the text says is that if I tie something up on earth, it’s tied in heaven. What the text says is that if you and […]