The Resurrection Begins (Matt 28:1-20)
September 14, 2025
The Crucifixion (Matt 27:32-66)
September 7, 2025
Matthew goes out of his way to present the death and burial of Jesus in a way connects to the Hebrew Scriptures and is verified by contemporary witnesses.
To the Cross (Matt 27:1-31)
August 31, 2025
The Jewish council’s decision to execute Jesus required Roman approval. The governor, Pontius Pilate, attempts to avoid entangling himself with the Jewish problems; but ultimately surrenders Jesus to be crucified.
The Table (Matt 26:1-29)
August 10, 2025
This chapter is the beginning of the end. With Jesus’s final discourse concluded, we see how various people respond to his statements about his coming death. Some are incredulous. Others mourn. Many are frustrated with him.
Judgment (Matt 25:31–46)
August 3, 2025
Concluding his Olivet Discourse, Jesus discusses the final judgment of all of humanity; and he leaves no room for ambiguity.
Coming Glory (Matt 24:36-25:30)
July 27, 2025
As Jesus continues with his Olivet Discourse, he offers two parables that relate to the role of the disciples and the church in the time between his first and second coming. The implications of this wouldn’t set in until after he was resurrected and ascended to heaven.
The Abomination of Desolation (Matt 24:14-35)
July 8, 2025
Drawing on the prophecies of Daniel, Jesus evokes memories of Antiochus IV’s blasphemy that launched a seven year war that ravaged all of Judea. He warns of a coming atrocity that will make this pale in comparison.
The End is Coming (Matt 24:1–14)
July 6, 2025
Jesus’s last great discourse begins with him leaving Jerusalem and the disciples asking him to admire the temple. Jesus then takes the disciples on a tour of the coming end of Jerusalem (which was destroyed by the Romans a couple decades later) and foreshadowing the final judgment of the world.