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Victory at Sea

Growing up in Florida, I've experienced a number of hurricanes. From listening to predictions of the storm’s path to surveying the damage left...

 
Just Say the Word...

(Matthew 8:5 - 13) What a concept: to make God Himself marvel in amazement. It's almost unbelievable... Yet this was exactly the reaction Jesus had...

 
Going. Bringing. Hindering.

(Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26). Imagine the following scene: Look at the Pharisees in the first row, dressed up according to their...

 
Demon-Possesed

The story of the two demon-possessed men (Matt. 8:28 - 34) is very significant and deserves specific attention. Firstly, almost all of Jesus'...

 
The Cure

Editor's Note: The following post is from Alvaro Ordoñez, MD. He is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University. We...

 
Being on the Winning Team

For those of you who follow American sports, you know that yesterday marked the beginning of "March Madness." For those of you who don't...

 
The Sermon on the Mount: Overview

On Cross Connection, we've spent the last several weeks going into an in-depth study of the Sermon on the Mount. Now that we've finished studying it,...

 
The Most Difficult Verse of the Sermon on the Mount

Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. –...