The Word to the World
One of the most interesting books I have ever read is Simon Wiesenthal’s The Sunflower, which is subtitled The Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness. Wiesenthal was a young man interned at Buchenwald concentration camp under the Hitler regime, who witnessed the death of many of
“Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” (Matthew 18:1). What a question! The Lord Jesus Christ had been telling His disciples of His increasingly imminent betrayal, arrest, suffering and crucifixion. The One who loved them was going to experience the most ignoble means
We have spent several studies in Matthew 18 for the purpose of focusing on four nonnegotiables of church life. The Lord taught His disciples that the church which He builds is characterised by humility (vv. 1-4), honouring others (vv. 5-14), holiness (vv. 15-20) and harmony
Relationships are a fact of life and they are a huge fact of local church life. We have seen this thus far in our studies of Matthew 18. Each “little one” is valuable to the Father, to the Son and to the Spirit; thus they