Author name: Steve Negley

In the middle part of Luke chapter 16 (verse 14) the audience is described as “Pharisees, who were lovers of money”. If we identify with them (and if money is […]

Luke 7:41-43 41 “A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 When they could not pay, he canceled the debts for both of them.

Luke 13:6-9 6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. 7 So he

Luke 14:25-35 25 Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, 26 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children,

Mark 4:26-29 26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27 and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed

Matthew 25:1-13 25 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were

Matthew 22:2-14 22 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He

Matthew 21:28-32 28 “What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 He answered, ‘I will

We pray the prayer together each week in worship. We may pray it more often privately in our lives. One line from the Lord’s Prayer has us saying “Forgive us

Matthew 13:47-50 47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; 48 when it was full, they drew it