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After Jesus advised a Pharisee and his dinner guests about humility, one of the guests responded in Luke 14:15, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” The man’s proclamation was true, but the question of who would eat bread in the kingdom of God remained a mystery Jesus helped to reveal through a parable. The parable is found in Luke 14:16-24, and Jesus used it to promote critical thinking and a question every person must answer: Will I eat bread in t

Proverbs 24:28-29 warns against lying and feuding with people. It says, “Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. Do not say, ‘Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.’” This advice is summarized in Romans 12:17-19, which instructs Christians with the same wisdom regarding their relationships with others. It says: 17 Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is

“Do I have to?” “You can’t make me.” “The Bible doesn’t say I have to.” “I don’t answer to you.” These sentences, and many like them, have been uttered by some who in the very next breath would claim to be faithful Christians. But these sentiments betray an attitude far from what God intended to produce through the sacrifice of Christ. Philippians 2:5 commands Christians to set their minds as Jesus did when He left the throne of heaven, lived a human life obedient to God, a