THE PROBLEM AND PROMISE OF REWARDS Ash Wednesday Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Analysis by Bruce K Modahl [Jesus said to the disciples:] 1“Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2“So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as …
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us Matthew 10:40-42 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Matthew DeLoera 40 Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name …