Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” At Cape Community…

When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed, 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.  There is a phrase in auto racing that goes like this. “In order to finish first, first you must finish.” This is a caution to those who go too fast…

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. So what? It is a terse statement that asks the speaker why the previous statement…

Matthew 5:6 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.  When you see a sign that says, “Keep Off The Grass”, why do we so badly want to walk on the grass? Because we hunger and thirst for our own desires. We hate when people tell us what to do, or is it…

Matthew 5:5 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.  “Nice guys finish last”, said Leo Durocher, the baseball manager. “Do Unto Others, Then Split”, read a t-shirt I wore to elementary school once. This Beatitude of Jesus sounds so countercultural today but it would have sounded strange to his audience on the mount too. Most of…

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. I have good news and bad news….