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This Gospel is as relevant for us and our churches in this digital age as it was for the original 1st-century readers. Of the four Gospels only in Matthew’s Gospel does the word church appear (chapters 16 and 18), and he concludes with the Great Commission: Jesus sending God’s people into the world with His message. We pray that this study...

Hunger, Thirst, and Righteousness In the Bible we encounter three kinds of faith: stomach-faith, signs-faith, and Word-faith. The people of Israel wandering in the desert only wanted the Lord to feed them. They constantly grumbled about the lack of food or its variety, and God gave them manna to test them (Ex. 16:4). In all four Gospels,...

Every Good and Perfect Gift O. Henry was a master of short stories with unexpected endings. The Last Leaf, published in 1907, tells the story of a young woman dying of pneumonia. Her friend, an old artist, painted his “masterpiece”—a leaf on the ivy plant outside the young woman’s window. This leaf gave her a hope, a will to live and to overcome...

Servant Discipleship: The Gospel of Mark We who follow Christ want to be His wholehearted disciples. At the end of our journey we all would like to hear the words of our Lord: “Well done, good and faithful servant!” (Matt. 25:23). But with today’s emphasis on being strong, empowered, visionary, and influencer, the biblical call to live like...

Treasure in the Bible “Quartet for the End of Time” by French composer Olivier Messiaen is based on the book of Revelation. Its haunting rhythms and mysterious melodies evoke the eternity of Christ and tell us about the grace of God. But the composer found this grace in a grim place. Messiaen composed his quartet while a prisoner of war in...

Who Is this Jesus? At Christmas, nativity scenes, Sunday School children’s plays, even carols like “Away in the Manger,” remind us that Christ was born as a baby. Because He is “fully human in every way,” Christ can understand and identify with our humanity. But we also know that He is fully God, making “atonement for the sins of the people”...

From_the_Editors May Is Launch Month at Moody This year, approximately 590 students will graduate from Moody’s campuses in Chicago, Ill.; Spokane, Wash.; and Plymouth, Mich. The Class of 2018 includes men and women in Moody Bible Institute and Moody Theological Seminary as well as those pursuing studies through Moody Bible Institute Distance...

Without atonement, we can never have forgiveness. Christ’s sacrifice of Himself on our behalf is the reason that God can offer forgiveness as a free gift to all who receive it by faith. The fact that we have been forgiven is the reason we are able to forgive those who have sinned against us.

This month we’ll look at the Son of God—the One who told the story. We’ll see that Jesus Christ, the Son whose obedience and sacrifice reconciled us with the Father, brought forgiveness both to the sinner and to the Pharisee in us.