Illustrations from Matthew
1153 illustrations referencing Matthew
Devotional: Mental Health and Spirituality - Prayer
This devotional prayer emphasizes the importance of viewing mental health through a spiritual lens, encouraging individuals to embody love and justice in their interactions. It calls for personal transformation that leads to broader societal change, highlighting the role of compassion in addressing mental health issues.
Devotional: Spirituality - Biblical Insight
This devotional encourages reflection on spirituality through the lens of Matthew 28:19-20, emphasizing the importance of responding to God's love and grace. It highlights the call to be a transformative light in the world, serving others and honoring God in the process.
A Contemporary Dismantling Tyrannical Leadership Story - Story
The content emphasizes the relevance of biblical teachings in addressing contemporary issues of leadership and justice. It encourages progressive Christians to navigate challenges with wisdom and compassion, drawing from Scripture to inspire transformation and promote a more just society.
Daily A Better Political Imagination - Prayer
This devotional emphasizes the importance of engaging with political matters through a lens of love and justice, inspired by biblical teachings. It encourages individuals to reflect on their role in promoting hope and healing in the world, aligning their actions with the character of God to foster transformation in society.
The Reconciliation and Forgiveness Challenge - Story
The content emphasizes the importance of Reconciliation and Forgiveness within a progressive Christian framework, highlighting the relevance of biblical teachings in addressing contemporary challenges. It calls for a commitment to justice and compassion, encouraging believers to navigate these issues with love and wisdom.
A Modern Story of Economic Justice and the Kingdom - Story
The sermon illustration emphasizes the relevance of Scripture in addressing contemporary issues of Economic Justice and the Kingdom. It calls for a commitment to wisdom, compassion, and justice, encouraging progressive Christians to transform their faith into action for a more just world.
A Modern Story of Technology and Human Connection - Contemporary Example
The sermon illustration highlights the challenges and opportunities presented by Technology and Human Connection within a progressive Christian context. It emphasizes the relevance of Scripture, particularly Matthew 22:37-39, in guiding believers to navigate contemporary issues with love and justice, ultimately calling for a transformative approach to creating a more just and loving world.
Reflecting on Ascension - Commentary
This reflection explores the significance of the Ascension within Christian theology, emphasizing its implications for human dignity and divine sovereignty. It challenges believers to consider how their faith informs their responses to contemporary issues, highlighting the practical and transformative nature of theological commitments.
Faith and Racial Reconciliation - Teaching Material
This reflection emphasizes the importance of Racial Reconciliation within the framework of progressive Christian theology, urging believers to consider the implications of their faith on social justice. It highlights the call for practical engagement in addressing issues of human dignity and divine love, fostering a commitment to justice and peace in communities.
Reflecting on Ascension - Teaching Material
The reflection on Ascension within Christian theology emphasizes the importance of understanding our faith in relation to contemporary issues. It challenges believers to consider how their theological commitments influence their actions and responses in their communities, highlighting the practical implications of faith.
The Environmental Stewardship Question - Teaching Material
This reflection explores the intersection of Environmental Stewardship and progressive Christian theology, emphasizing the need for believers to engage with pressing contemporary issues through a theological lens. It challenges individuals to consider how their faith informs their actions towards justice and peace in relation to the environment.
Theological Insights on Leading Toward Peace - Commentary
This reflection explores the intersection of Leading Toward Peace and progressive Christian theology, emphasizing the importance of human dignity and divine love in addressing contemporary issues. It challenges believers to consider how their faith informs their actions toward justice and peace within their communities.
Understanding Science and Faith Theologically - Teaching Material
This reflection explores the intersection of Science and Faith through a progressive Christian lens, emphasizing the importance of human dignity and divine love. It encourages believers to consider how their faith informs their engagement with contemporary issues, advocating for justice and peace in their communities.
Deep Thoughts on Interfaith Dialogue - Church Context
This reflection emphasizes the importance of Interfaith Dialogue within the framework of progressive Christian theology, urging believers to consider how their faith informs their engagement with pressing societal issues. It highlights the call to work for justice and peace, demonstrating that theological commitments can lead to practical, transformative actions in communities.
Deep Thoughts on Nonviolent Resistance - Church Context
This reflection explores the intersection of Nonviolent Resistance and progressive Christian theology, emphasizing the importance of human dignity and divine love in contemporary issues. It challenges believers to consider how their faith informs their actions towards justice and peace in their communities.
Contemplating Inclusive Language for God - Prayer
This devotional emphasizes the importance of using inclusive language for God as a means to reflect divine love and justice in our lives. It encourages individuals to engage with their faith actively, promoting transformation both personally and in the world around them, inspired by the teachings of Jesus in Matthew 25:35.
Daily Economic Justice and the Kingdom - Story
This devotional reflection emphasizes the importance of engaging with Economic Justice through the lens of God's love and compassion. It calls for personal transformation that leads to active participation in bringing justice and hope to the world, aligning one's actions with the character of God.
Faith and Women and Church Leadership - Church Context
This reflection emphasizes the importance of Women in Church Leadership within the framework of progressive Christian theology, urging a deeper understanding of faith's role in addressing contemporary issues. It calls for an active engagement with justice and peace, highlighting the transformative potential of theological commitments in church communities.
Understanding Life Theologically - Teaching Material
This reflection emphasizes the importance of integrating Christian theology with contemporary issues, particularly through the lens of Matthew 28:19-20. It challenges believers to consider how their faith informs their understanding of human dignity and divine sovereignty, urging practical engagement with the world around them.
Theological Perspective: Science and Faith - Commentary
This reflection explores the intersection of Science and Faith through a progressive theological lens, emphasizing the importance of human dignity and divine love. It challenges believers to consider how their faith informs their engagement with contemporary issues, advocating for justice and peace in their communities.
Theological Perspective: Enemy Love - Teaching Material
This reflection explores the concept of Enemy Love within the framework of progressive Christian theology, emphasizing its relevance to contemporary issues. It challenges believers to consider how their faith informs their actions towards justice and peace, highlighting the transformative potential of these theological commitments in community engagement.
Morning Meditation: Technology and Human Connection - Story
This devotional reflection emphasizes the importance of viewing technology and human connection through the lens of God's love and justice. It encourages individuals to act with compassion and to engage in transformative actions that reflect divine character, ultimately working towards a more just and peaceful world.
Morning Meditation: Technology and Human Connection - Prayer
This devotional prayer emphasizes the importance of viewing technology and human connection through the lens of God's love and justice. It encourages individuals to reflect on their actions and engage in transformative practices that promote compassion and healing in the world, aligning with the divine call to serve others.
Modern Examples of Interfaith Dialogue - Biblical Analogy
The sermon illustration emphasizes the importance of navigating Interfaith Dialogue with wisdom and compassion, drawing parallels to biblical characters. It highlights how Scripture, particularly Matthew 22:37-39, provides timeless guidance for addressing contemporary challenges, urging a commitment to justice and love in our interactions.