Vineyard Work

Nov 25, 2011 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: Matt. 20-22 Matthew 21:28-32 28″Tell me what you think of this story: A man had two sons. He went up to the first and said, ‘Son, go out for the day and work in the vineyard.’ 29″The son answered, ‘I don’t want to.’...

Blind No More

Nov 23, 2011 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: Matt. 14-16 Matthew 15 10-11He then called the crowd together and said, “Listen, and take this to heart. It’s not what you swallow that pollutes your life, but what you vomit up.” 12Later his disciples came and told him, “Did you...

Short List

Nov 21, 2011 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: Matt. 8-10 Matthew 10:5-8 Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge: “Don’t begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don’t try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost,...

Less Than = MOST

Nov 20, 2011 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 5-7 Matthew 5:1-12 1-2 When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. This is...

Kingdom Forefront

Nov 19, 2011 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: Matt. 1-4 Matthew 4:23-25 From there he went all over Galilee. He used synagogues for meeting places and taught people the truth of God. God’s kingdom was his theme—that beginning right now they were under God’s government, a good government! He...