There were many qualifications to be met by anyone claiming to be the Jewish Messiah. He would have been born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2), born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14), and be from the tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10). And he would have to be a descendant of...

When it was time for Moses to receive God's standards for His covenant people Israel, he went up on a mountain and came down with the laws of God (Exodus 19:3 ff.). When it was time for Jesus to explain the heart of the message He had been...

In the Sermon on the Mount, following the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12), Jesus used a specific formula to correct misaligned teaching in six key areas of kingdom life: murder, adultery, divorce, oaths, revenge, and relationships with one's enemies...

The main teaching tool employed by Jesus was the parable—literally, something "cast alongside." A parable was a story or illustration used alongside a primary teaching to illustrate the teaching in familiar language.

Jesus' primary teaching—the message...

Abraham was the great father and David was the great king, but Moses was the great deliverer and redeemer—he led the Hebrew slaves out of Egypt and to the border of the Promised Land. He also experienced something no one else in Israel experienced—"face...

The last things people say before departing are often most important. That was certainly the case in Jesus' last words to His disciples when He rendezvoused with them in Galilee after His resurrection (Matthew 28:16-20)—words He affirmed to them just...