2 Kings 15:5

Azariah, king of Judah, began to reign. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. 2 Kings 15:3 The Lord afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died. 2 Kings 15:5 Manahem ripped open all the pregnant women. 2 Kings 15:16 Azariah the priest confronted Uzziah and said, “It is not right for […]…

Last week we looked at Jesus’ calling of Matthew, originally named Levi. Today we will look at the first of three interactive encounters with Jesus drawn from Matthew’s gospel account. In the eighth chapter of Matthew’s gospel, we find three scenes, each right on the heels of the previous, and each depictis Jesus interacting with……

The “high places” is a shorthand term for places of pagan worship, usually (though not always) on hills or mountains to bring them closer to their false gods.…