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| Summary: Chapter 13 of Matthew, made up of Jesus’ parables about the kingdom of heaven, concludes with a statement about scribes “trained for the kingdom of heaven”: They will be able to bring forth both the old and the new. The new is Jesus and the kingdom that he proclaims. This is also old, however, because it has been God’s plan from the beginning. We are challenged to deal with the new situations that history will bring by being well versed in the old, the biblical witness to Christ. |
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| Summary: Life sometimes heaps crushing loads on us. We help neither ourselves nor others by mouthing pious platitudes such as “God never gives us more than we can bear,” which isn’t promised in scripture to start with. But let us trust instead what the Bible does tell us: that God is with us no matter what, and that we have in our power the ability to help one another carry the burdens of life. |
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| Summary: The five parables present in the Scripture lesson highlight a tension between human expectations for God and God’s actual plans and actions. Jesus’ parables about the kingdom of Heaven challenge us to align our priorities and expectations with God’s way of doing things. |
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| Summary: The kingdom of heaven can be small but valuable. Unattractive at times, but important. Old, but still alive and well, and able to guide us and inspire us today.
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| Summary: This whole life is the age of discovery, and no one ever exhausts all that God has provided for us to find. But the more we seek him and the more we give all that we have to attain the kingdom of heaven, the greater the joy in our lives. |
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| Summary: In a series of parables, Jesus tells those committed to him about the kingdom of heaven. With vivid word pictures, he shows them that the kingdom of heaven is indeed “at hand” or among us. He shows them that the kingdom is there for them to seek. He shows them that the kingdom is seeking them. |
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| Summary: The kingdom of God gives us a new perspective on what’s valuable, and on how it — and our lives themselves — should be used. |
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| Summary: The queasy feeling we may have that a new reality is about to break through is justified. Jesus unabashedly announced that he was the forerunner of a new age. These three parables give us hints as to how this new reality will break through, and how we can prepare ourselves for it. |
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