category

bible and theology from matthew 17

Search by topic, scripture, category etc..

Or browse by a list of topics or scripture references

22 Results in 69ms
Display
Sorted By

  • Quote

    Author
    Andrew Murray
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 17:21, Mark 9:29
    Sorrow and anxiety cannot eat: joy celebrates its feasts with eating and drinking… We are creatures of the senses: our mind is helped by what comes to us embodied in concrete form; fasting helps to ex...

  • Quote

    Author
    Gail R. O’Day
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 20:19-31, Matthew 17:20, James 1:6, Mark 9:24, Hebrews 11:6
    At the heart of this story is Jesus’ generous offer of himself to Thomas... Thomas had established the conditions for his faith: He must be allowed to touch Jesus’ wounds…. Jesus does not censure Thom...

  • liturgy

    Gracious God, thank you for the beauty

    Author
    Mark D. Roberts
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 17:14-20
    Gracious God, thank you for the beauty of this world. Sometimes we can get wrapped up in its pain and brokenness so much that we miss its wonders. Today we pause to thank you for the beauty of your cr...

  • liturgy

    Almighty God, you have surprised us

    Author
    Scott B. Bullock
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Isaiah 55:8-9, Matthew 13:44, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 139:7-10, 1 John 1:9, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Luke 2:1-20, John 4:7-26, John 21:1-14, Luke 24:13-35, Matthew 17:1-8, Luke 2:25-38, Luke 1:35-38, Hebrews 13:2, Isaiah 43:19
    Almighty God, you have surprised us with your presence in unexpected ways. In the expectations of our routine, we have missed the treasure that you place before us. We come to worship you in community...

  • liturgy

    Invocation of the Holy Spirit

    Author
    The Northumbria Community
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 14:26, Acts 9:1-19, Matthew 17:1-8, Isaiah 61:1, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Acts 2:1-4, Acts 2:1-41
    Most powerful Holy Spirit, come down upon us and subdue us. From heaven, where the ordinary is made glorious, and glory seems but ordinary, bathe us with the brilliance of Your light like dew.

  • liturgy

    O God, whose reason rules the world,

    Author
    Boethius
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Proverbs 8:22-31, 2 Corinthians 12:1-4, Exodus 19:16-20, Matthew 17:1-8, Job 38:41
    O God, whose reason rules the world, who formed the starry heights above, timeless, time’s chain far forth you hurled, unmoved, gave all things power to move. Prevailed on by no outside cause to fashi...

  • liturgy

    Cry, “Glory”

    Author
    Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Revelation 4:11, Matthew 17:1-9, 1 Kings 19:11-13, Exodus 3:1-6, Psalm 46:10
    Transcendent Lord, in the midst of ordinary days draw us to wonder to fall on our knees and cry, “Glory!” You are the Holy One, Above and Other. May we tremble, knowing how deeply you know us and lov...

  • liturgy

    Be near us Lord Jesus we ask you to

    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 28:20, John 14:23, Luke 24:13-35, Isaiah 7:14, John 1:14, Luke 2:1-20, Psalm 23:4, Zephaniah 3:17, Mark 4:35-41, John 14:2-3, Revelation 21:3-4, Matthew 17:1-8
    Be near us Lord Jesus we ask you to stay, close by us forever and love us we pray. Immanuel, we in­vite you to draw near and dwell with us. Surround and sustain us with your tender caring presence tha...

  • Quote

    Author
    David Jeremiah
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 14:27, Matthew 1:22-23, Luke 2:15-20, Luke 10:38-42, Galatians 2:20, John 15:4-5, Matthew 17:1-9, John 6:35, Matthew 28:20, Joshua 1:9
    All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.

  • Quote

    Author
    Dorothy L. Sayers
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 1:1, 14, Luke 1:26-38, Luke 2:1-7, Matthew 2:1-12, Matthew 17:1-5
    The dogma of the Incarnation is the most dramatic thing about Christianity, and indeed, the most dramatic thing that ever entered the mind of man; but if you tell people so, they stare at you in bewil...

  • Quote

    Author
    Elisabeth Elliot
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 26:36-39, Matthew 4:1-11, Matthew 3:13-17, Luke 4:16-21, John 6:5-14, Matthew 17:1-5
    Jesus loved the will of His Father. He embraced the limitations, the necessities, the conditions, the very chains of His humanity as He walked and worked here on earth, fulfilling moment by moment His...

  • Quote

    Author
    Mother Teresa
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 1:14, Luke 2:10-11, Matthew 4:17, Luke 4:18-21, Matthew 28:18, Matthew 17:1-9, Luke 24:13-35
    As soon as we take the enfleshment of God, the incarnation which, for Christians, is represented by the person of Jesus Christ, then we start taking things seriously.

  • illustration

    All Flame

    Author
    Andrew Arndt
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 17:1-2, Matthew 17:5, John 4:1-42, John 4:28-30, John 4:39, John 4:13-14, John 1:29-34
    There’s a story told in The Sayings of the Desert Fathers…Abba Lot said to Abba Joseph, “Abba, as far as I can I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and as far ...

  • Quote

    Author
    Francis Chan
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Isaiah 40:31, Matthew 17:20, Galatians 2:20, Philippians 4:13, Romans 1:17
    What are you doing right now that requires faith?

  • Quote

    Author
    Alistair Begg
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 17:20-21, 1 Corinthians 3:6-7, Revelation 11:15, Daniel 2:44, Isaiah 55:10-11, Matthew 13:33
    The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. It happens quietly. It happens inevitably. Don’t underestimate God’s power.

  • Quote

    Author
    J.D. Salinger
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 14:9-10, Matthew 11:27, John 1:18, Luke 2:46-49, Matthew 17:1-5, John 2:13-17, Exodus 33:18-23
    Who [in the Bible] besides Jesus really knew which end was up? Nobody. . . . Jesus realized there is no separation from God.

  • Quote

    Author
    John Ortberg
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Isaiah 9:6, Hebrews 12:2, John 1:14, Matthew 17:1-8, Mark 4:35-41, John 4:4-26
    Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.

  • Quote

    Author
    Randy Alcorn
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 14:9, Hebrews 1:3, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 17:1-8, Acts 4:13, Galatians 1:23-24, Colossians 1:15
    People had only to look at Jesus to see what God is like. People today should only have to look at us to see what Jesus is like.

  • Quote

    Author
    Shane Claiborne
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Luke 24:27, John 5:39-40, Hebrews 1:1-3, Matthew 5:7, Matthew 17:1-5, John 8:1-11
    The whole Bible is God’s Word to us, but Jesus is the sniff test through which we understand it all.

  • Quote

    Author
    Timothy Keller
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 14:6, Hebrews 1:1-2, Colossians 2:3, Matthew 17:1-8, Luke 24:13-35, 2 Corinthians 3:3
    Jesus doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives us hard-copy words from God, truths on which we can build our lives, truths we have to submit to,...

  • Quote

    Author
    Helen Keller
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 17:20, Luke 1:37, Ephesians 3:20, Philippians 4:13, Mark 11:24, 2 Corinthians 4:18
    Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

  • Quote

    Author
    Bernard of Clairvaux
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Hebrews 1:3, Philippians 2:6-8, Isaiah 53:2-3, John 17:5, Revelation 1:14-16, Matthew 17:1-8, John 13:3-5, Luke 23:33-46, Acts 1:9-11, Colossians 1:15-20, 2 Corinthians 4:6
    How beautiful you appear to the angels, Lord Jesus, in the form of God, eternal, begotten before the daystar amid the splendors of heaven, “the radiant light of God’s glory and the perfect copy of his...