Mark Whittall

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain.  Does that remind you of anyone?  It’s meant to.  It’s meant to remind us of Moses.  Matthew in his gospel is presenting Jesus as a new Moses, as the one who will speak God’s words to us.  In the book of Exodus, after God has freed the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt, they come to Mount Sinai and they camp there.  Moses goes up the mountain.  But the people were not allowed to go up the mountain.  The people stood at

What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, “Son, go and work in the vineyard today.” He answered, “I will...

(Text: Luke 12.22-32) Jesus is calling us to a reorientation. A reorientation that, if we took it seriously enough, just might save this...

If ever there was a generation that needed sabbath, it just might be our generation. The gift of sabbath is one of the best gifts that...

I need to say a word about our second reading from first Corinthians this morning before we turn our attention to the gospel from Luke...

It matters how we begin. The gospel, the good news, begins in the wilderness. Great writers know that beginnings matter. Beginnings set...

“Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” It is one of the most famous lines in...

“A gospel is a form of strategic story-telling that aims to change your life.”[i] Today we begin the gospel of Matthew. Are you ready to...

“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!” “Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? ...

We like to think that the gospel we just read is about our questions. Why do bad things happen to good people? Why did Pilate murder...