

Matt 5.38-41. If someone strikes you on the cheek, turn the other also
≡ Matt 5.38-41
If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second.


Matt 5.31-32. Anyone who divorces his wife causes her to commit adultery
To avoid punishing adultery, they created a protected class of adulterers. Matthew 5.31-32 It was also said, “Whoever divorces his wife,...


Matt 5.27-30. It is better to lose one of your eyes than go to hell
Is it hyperbole? Is it really better to go to hell? Matthew 5.27-30 You have heard that it was said, “You shall not commit adultery.” But...


Matt 5.33-37. Let your yes be yes
In the kingdom, you can trust me. Now, you'll need it notarized. Matthew 5.33-37 Again, you have heard that it was said to those of...


Matt 5.21-26. Leave your gift at the altar and first be reconciled
It's astonishing that you shouldn't be angry! Snoqualmie Falls and the lodge, Washington State Matthew 5.21-26 You have heard that it was...


Matt 5.17-20. Not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law
These people honor me with their honor. Matthew 5.17-20 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not...


Matt 5.13-16. When is salt not salt? When an expert explains it.
It is completely conceivable that salt can be non-salt and light can be non-light. Otherwise he wouldn't have said it. Matthew 5.13-16...


200 hp to go just 5 mph faster
2 Cor 12.10 Whenever I am weak, then I am strong Tulips at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, Mount Vernon, Washington A car having...


The 12 Apostles Rejected Paul, part 4
This is part 4 of a response to the "Jesus' Words Only" web site. It relies up you having read part 1, at least far enough to know that...


The 12 Apostles Rejected Paul, part 3
This is part 3 of a response to the "Jesus' Words Only" web site. It assumes you have read part 1, at least far enough to know that the...


The 12 Apostles Rejected Paul, part 2
This is part 2 of a response to the "Jesus' Words Only" web site. It relies upon information in part 1, so please read part 1 enough to...


The 12 Apostles Rejected Paul, part 1
https://www.jesuswordsonly.com/books/727-proofs-the-12-apostles-rejected-paul.html The ceiling of the train station in Baltimore. A man...

poor like me
The Sermon on the Mount can be difficult to understand. What does "poor" mean? What is the difference between "poor" and "poor in...


A Roma by any other name
I care so much I’m going to get upset if you don’t do what I say. the DuPont Nemours Estate, Delaware. A group of visitors from America...


Is it actually required that I actually do it?
The short answer: no. But yes. And definitely no. And yes. But no. It depends. Yes, it's confusing, but actually it makes a lot of sense....


Matt 5.1-5. You are blessed! Repent!
Hagner says we must step into the past to understand the original listeners. He says Jesus pronounces the people blessed by God and tells...


a class of nudist paupers
The experts say that Jesus' demand to “give to everyone who asks” would result in a class of saintly paupers and another of prosperous...


in a mirror, backwards
Richard Foster apparently thinks that seeing in a mirror dimly means everything is in reverse. A horse and cart in Prejmer, Romania, with...


Florentina
I met Florentina two years ago. I sat her on my knee and she immediately threw her head back and hit me square in the mouth. While I was...


they’re better off now
A child died in the orphanage. What people said afterwards might have been the same thing I would have said, before. My question is: who...