October 2017

MATTHEW 23: HORROR READING FOR CHURCH LEADERS!

Today’s Journey Project Blog is horror reading for church leaders. Today’s photo does not represent the person delivering the horrible words, but this photo represents church leaders who receive the horrible words. The deliverer of the horrible words is Jesus.

October 31, 2017
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October 30, 2017
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MATTHEW 21: LOOK! YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU!

Matthew the Evangelist points back to the prophet Zechariah’s poignant words about what’s about to happen when Jesus enters Jerusalem. He rides into Jerusalem on a young donkey. Listen, the prophet says, “Your King is coming to you. He is gentle; he is riding on a donkey.” His first actions were not so gentle, as Greg Taylor discusses in today’s Journey Bible Project Blog.

October 29, 2017
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MATTHEW 20: HOW CAN I BE IMPORTANT?

Jesus tells his disciples he’s going to Jerusalem, and he tells them exactly what is about to happen: he will be betrayed by one of them, handed over and crucified, but he will rise from the dead on the third day. In today’s Journey Bible Project Blog, watch how the disciples respond to this news.

October 28, 2017
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October 28, 2017
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MATTHEW 19: ON DIVORCE

Jesus doesn’t talk about every detail of life so that we can somehow program our relationships and religious practices. He instead teaches how to fulfill the law in a way of the Spirit, what Jesus and Paul call the more “perfect” way of love that uses wisdom, compassion, and justice in everything. In today’s Journey Bible blog, Greg Taylor discusses how Jesus deals with the thorny issues of divorce and marriage.

October 27, 2017
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October 27, 2017
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October 27, 2017
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MATTHEW 17: WHAT DOES TRANSFIGURATION MEAN?

In today’s Journey Bible Project blog post, Jesus takes his inner circle of three disciples up to a mountain where his appearance is changed. This has traditionally been called the “Transfiguration,” but what is it and why does this event matter so much?

October 24, 2017
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MATTHEW 16: THE SIGN OF JONAH

In today’s Journey Bible Project blog post, Jesus warns his disciples to watch out for the “leaven” of the Pharisees, and he tells the Pharisees who look for a sign and ignore the great miracles around them — so they only proof they will get is the sign of Jonah! What does this sign mean and what is the symbol of leaven in the Jewish world view?

October 22, 2017
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