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Jesus and the Temple
Jesus challenged ethnic segregation in the Temple, and also promised coming judgment. I discuss this in a 4-minute…
Are we Pharisees?–Matthew 23
There is a reason that the denunciation of religious leaders at Jesus’s first coming appears so soon before…
Craig’s video series on Matthew
In a series of roughly hour-long FREE videos, Craig lectures on Matthew’s Gospel. Here is a CLIP of the first…
Craig’s review of a book on hunger and Matthew’s Gospel
The review appears here: http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/9738_10757.pdf
Preaching from Jesus’s genealogy
Appropriate for Christmas season: have you ever preached from Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus? Or heard someone preach from…
Building on the Rock—Matthew 16:13-27
When Jesus knows that his disciples understand enough, he asks them about his identity. The setting is significant:…
True Purification—Matthew 15:1-31
Mere religious tradition can blind us to what really matters to God. Those whose honor derives from their…
The banquets of two kingdoms—Matthew 14:1-21
Matthew’s narratives often concretely illustrate his teachings elsewhere. In Matthew 14:1-12, Herod Antipas executes John the Baptist. In…
All these things will be added to you—Matthew 6:33
What does Matthew 6:33 mean when it says, “all these things shall be added to you” (NASB) or…
Does the New Testament Quote the Old Testament Out of Context?
Some claim that the apostles took Scripture out of context in the New Testament, and that their example…
The riddle about understanding–Matthew 13:3-23
Like many sages in his day, Jesus told parables. Parables were a way to illustrate the principles about…
The real historical Jesus
This is an online article Craig wrote some time ago regarding the historical Jesus, and summarizing some of…
The Great Commission–Matthew 28:18-20
This is Craig’s message on Matthew 28, and Matthew’s missiology, at Beeson Divinity School’s chapel in February 2014:…
Divorce and remarriage video
Asbury’s Seedbed has posted a roughly 10-minute video with Craig addressing the question of remarriage in Jesus’s teachings:…
The devil in the details–Satan in the Gospels
Christianity Today recently invited Craig to write an article addressing the deletion of the devil from the new…