Illustrations from Matthew

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Evan Roberts and the Fire That Started with Confession

In the autumn of 1904, a twenty-six-year-old Welsh coal miner named Evan Roberts stood before seventeen people in a small chapel in Loughor, Wales, and...

Matthew 3:1-12Universal

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When the Clouds Break on Denali

In June 2019, a group of climbers spent eleven days on Denali, the highest peak in North America, waiting out storms at base camp. Fog...

Matthew 17:1-9Universal

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Marriage Story: What God Has Joined (Matthew 19:6)

In the poignant film *Marriage Story*, we witness the unraveling of a love that was once vibrant and full of promise. The movie opens with Charlie and Nicole sitting across from each other, surrounded by mementos of their past—a well-loved...

The Happiness Nobody Wanted

In 2018, a Finnish documentary crew followed Heikki Nousiainen, a retired bus driver in Helsinki, as part of a study on contentment. Finland had just...

Matthew 5:1-12aUniversal

The Porch Light on Garfield Avenue

For eleven years, Maria Gutierrez left her porch light on at 4319 Garfield Avenue in Kansas City. Not because she forgot. Because she remembered. Her...

Matthew 25:35Black Church

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Putting Into Practice: Dismantling Tyrannical Leadership - Teaching Material

As we reflect on the challenging words of Matthew 25:35, where Jesus proclaims, "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink," we find ourselves confronted with a...

William Wilberforce and the Salt That Would Not Lose Its Savor

In 1787, a young British parliamentarian named William Wilberforce sat at his desk in Old Palace Yard, London, and scratched five words into his journal:...

The Former Slave Who Salted Los Angeles

In 1856, Biddy Mason walked out of a Los Angeles courtroom a free woman. She had been enslaved for thirty-two years, carried across the country...

The Bakery That Wouldn't Close on Sundays

For twenty-three years, Maria Gonzalez ran a small panaderia on East Cesar Chavez Street in Austin, Texas. When a massive commercial development went up across...

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Harriet: Deliver Us From Evil - Black Church (Matthew 6:9-13)

In the heart of the antebellum South, in the shadows of cotton fields stretching endlessly under a blistering sun, there were souls who uttered prayers with a rawness that pierced the veil of heaven. Picture Harriet Tubman, standing in the...

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The Man Who Chose Peace at Midnight

Shortly after midnight on September 26, 1983, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov sat alone in the commander's chair at Serpukhov-15, a secret Soviet military bunker south...

Matthew 5:9Universalcouragejudgment

Wilberforce's Relentless Light

In 1787, William Wilberforce sat in his garden at Holwood House in Kent, turning over a decision that would define his life. He had recently...

Matthew 25:40Universalsacrificecompassion

Historical

The Priest Who Said "We

On May 10, 1873, a small boat deposited a thirty-three-year-old Belgian priest onto the rocky shore of the Kalaupapa peninsula on Molokai, Hawaii. Father Damien...

Clarence Jordan's Sermon in the Soil

In 1942, Clarence Jordan — a Greek scholar with a doctorate in New Testament — did something his colleagues found baffling. He left a promising...

Matthew 5:1-12aUniversal

The Barber on 47th Street

For twenty-three years, James Macon has opened the doors of his shop on 47th Street in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood at seven in the morning. He...

Matthew 6:25-34Universalanxiety

The Gardener Who Couldn't Stop Measuring

In 1986, a retired postal worker named Harold Beckman in Duluth, Minnesota, planted a single tomato seedling in his backyard. Every morning he would pull...

Contemporary

Hungry at the Counter

In the winter of 1960, Diane Nash and dozens of Fisk University students sat down at segregated lunch counters across downtown Nashville. They ordered coffee....

Matthew 5:6Universalleadershipcourage

Bonhoeffer's Question From Behind Bars

In 1943, Dietrich Bonhoeffer sat in Tegel military prison outside Berlin, arrested for his role in the resistance against Hitler. This was a man who...

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The Man Who Fed Ten Thousand Without Asking

In 1836, George Müller opened an orphanage on Wilson Street in Bristol, England, with exactly one shilling in his pocket and no wealthy donors on...

Romero: Subversive Prayer for Liberation - Liberation (Matthew 6:9-13)

In the heart of El Salvador, amidst the turmoil of a nation under the grip of oppressive military rule, Archbishop Oscar Romero found himself in a sacred yet perilous position. Imagine a dimly lit church, its walls adorned with the...

Matthew 6:9-13Universal

Nine Days in the Dark

On July 2, 2018, British diver John Volanthen surfaced inside a flooded chamber deep within Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand. For nine days, the...

Matthew 28:1-10Universal

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The Chosen: Supernatural Authority for Mission - Charismatic (Great Commission)

In the captivating series *The Chosen*, we witness the transformative journey of Jesus and His disciples. Picture this: the sun dips below the horizon, casting a warm golden hue across the dusty paths of Galilee. The air is thick with...

Matthew 16:13-20Universalmessiahprophecy

Dune: The Chosen One and the Danger of Messianic Expectation (Matthew 16:13-20)

Imagine a vast, windswept desert, the kind where the sand shimmers like gold under a scorching sun, where survival depends on the delicate balance of hope and despair. In Denis Villeneuve’s epic film *Dune*, we meet Paul Atreides, a reluctant...