The Parable of the Mustard Seed
by Herb Montgomery Featured Text: “What is the kingdom of God like, and with what am I to compare it? It is like a seed of mustard, which a person took and threw into his garden. And it grew and…
Children against Parents
by Herb Montgomery Featured Text: “Fire have I come to hurl on the earth, and how I wish it had already blazed up! Do you think that I have come to hurl peace on earth? I did not come to…
Hearings before Synagogues
by Herb Montgomery Featured Text: “When they bring you before synagogues, do not be anxious about how or what you are to say; for the holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what you are to say.” Q 12:11-12 …
Speaking against the holy Spirit
by Herb Montgomery Featured Text: “And whoever says a word against the son of humanity, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.” Q 12:10 Companion Texts: Matthew 12:32: “Anyone…
Confessing or Denying
by Herb Montgomery Featured Text: “Anyone who may speak out for me in public the son of humanity will also speak out for him before the angels. But whoever may deny me in public will be denied before the angels.”…
More Precious than Many Sparrows
by Herb Montgomery Featured Text: “Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? And yet not one of them will fall to earth without your Father’s care. But even the hairs of your head all are numbered. Do not be afraid,…
Not Fearing the Body’s Death
by Herb Montgomery Featured Text: “And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. But fear the one who is able to destroy both the soul and body in Gehenna.” (Q 12:4-5) Companion…
Proclaiming What Was Whispered
by Herb Montgomery #SilenceIsViolence Why We Cannot Be Silent Featured Text: “Nothing is covered up that will not be exposed, and hidden that will not be known. What I say to you in the dark, speak in the light; and what…
Wisdom’s Judgment on This Generation
by Herb Montgomery Featured Text: “Therefore also Wisdom said: I will send them prophets and sages, and some of them they will kill and persecute, so that a settling of accounts for the blood of all the prophets poured out…
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…