The Jaundiced Eye Darkens the Body’s Light
by Herb Montgomery Featured Text: “The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is generous, your whole body is radiant; but if your eye is jaundiced, your whole body is dark. So if the light within you…
The Light on the Lampstand
by Herb Montgomery “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hidden place‚ but on the lampstand, and it gives light for everyone in the house.” Q 11:33 Companion Texts: Matthew 5:14-16: “You are the light of the…
Something More than Solomon and Jonah
by Herb Montgomery “The queen of the South will be raised at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and look, something more…
The Sign of Jonah for This Generation
by Herb Montgomery “But some were demanding from him a sign. But he said‚ ‘This generation is an evil generation; it demands a sign, and a sign will not be given to it — except the sign of Jonah! For…
Hearing and Keeping God’s Word
by Herb Montgomery “As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, ‘Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.’ He replied, ‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and…
The Return of the Unclean Spirit
(And standing in solidarity with the Native nations on Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Dakotas) by Herb Montgomery Photo by Desiree Kane “When the defiling spirit has left the person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for…
The One not with Me
by Herb Montgomery The one not with me is against me, and the one not gathering with me scatters. (Q 11:23) Companion Texts: Matthew 12.30: Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me…
Looting a Strong Person
by Herb Montgomery “A strong person’s house cannot be looted, but if someone still stronger overpowers him, he does get looted.” (Q 11:21-22) Matthew 12:29: “Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions…
Refuting the Beelzebul Accusation and the Finger of God
by Herb Montgomery “And he cast out a demon which made a person mute. And once the demon was cast out, the mute person spoke. And the crowds were amazed. But some said: By Beelzebul, the ruler of demons,…
The Certainty of the Answer to Prayer
(Universal or Particular?) by Herb Montgomery “I tell you, ask and it will be given to you, search and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches…