Chapters 15 and 16 of Matthew’s Gospel find
Jesus actively engaged with a variety of people, from religious leaders to the
crowds following him everywhere. The key event is when Jesus confirms to his
disciples that He is the Messiah and then upends their expectations of what His kingdom will be like. We will continue to explore the central questions in Matthew:
who is Jesus, and what does it mean to live as a citizen of His kingdom?
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Matthew: A Tale of Two Kings (Randy)
This week we return to Matthew with chapter 14 — A Tale of Two Kings. Herod and Jesus appear side by side in the same chapter, and the contrast is stark: one king kills an innocent man to save face at a dinner party, while the other feeds thousands from nothing and walks on water through a storm. The question Matthew puts to us is not whether power corrupts, but whether there is a King who is different — and what that means for us.
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