Solomon's Portico - Bible Study & Devotional

Join us as we discuss Jesus' final bits of eschatological discourse centered on the kingdom of heaven at the end of the age.

Explore with us Jesus' eschatological discourse about his parousia as the Son of Man and our need to be ready for it.

Jesus takes his stand as praetor of the trial. Explore with us Jesus' invitations to an authentic faith as he delivers a condemning verdict of hypocrisy to his opponents, the religious leaders.

Come and explore with us how Jesus' defends his authority against the religious leaders who challenge it with interrogations that seek to undermine his rule with the Father in the kingdom of heaven.

Explore with us Jesus' instructions to pray, continually believing we will receive when our hearts align with the Lord's. Such expectant prayer is said to turn the temple from a den of robbers into a house of prayer for all nations.

Join us to explore the powerful heralds that announce Jesus as the Son of David to a Jerusalem that is curious about the messianism of this Jesus of Nazareth.

Join us as we explore greatness in the kingdom of heaven. Learn how Jesus redefines greatness by inverting worldly justice with Son of Man justice that upholds the servant and sets the last first.

Wrap up Part 3 of Matthew's intricate chiasm that emphasizes our need to include Son of Man, in our confession of who Jesus is.

Explore with us Part 2 of an intricate chiasm that Matthew uses to highlight a confession of great faith for who Jesus is from an unseemly Canaanite woman that challenges the depth of our own faith.

Explore Part 1 of an intricate chiasm in Matthew that journeys readers through a series of confessions about who Jesus is and allow them to challenge the fullness of your own confession.

Explore with us the parables that Jesus uses to talk about the kingdom of heaven and the repentant of heart who are its citizens.

Explore with us Jesus as the Lord's servant, David set forth in Ezekiel 33-37 who gathers the lost sheep of Israel and establishes His everlasting covenant of peace with the sheep over all the world.

Explore with us Jesus' messianism as Son of Man, Son of God, and Son of David and be challenged by discipleship that reflects such a Christ!

Explore with us Jesus' teachings of the holiness codes that give hope to all who desire being set apart to the Lord.

Explore with us Jesus' encouragement to those who are persecuted and the righteousness of faithful living for God that he calls us to live in spite of enduring hardship and suffering in his name.

Sometimes we can wake up to world of chaos. Explore Jesus' challenge for us to be peacemakers who are fueled by his life-giving wounds as the suffering Servant.

Explore with us Jesus' beatitude about the pure in heart seeing God!

Explore with us Jesus' beatitude that invites us to participate in the rest of God's renewed mercies by being merciful to others.

Explore with us how a hunger and thirst for righteousness ends a downward spiral of covenantal unfaithfulness and promotes lasting satiation with God's steadfast love completed in Jesus.

Explore with us a biblical understanding of meek as Jesus promotes it in a Greco-Roman context of virtue. Discover how to cultivate meekness as one who obtains strength under control.

Explore with us Jesus' second beatitude and discover through the lens of the prophets who the mourners are and how Jesus intends for them to be comforted.

Explore with us meaning within Matthew's context behind Jesus' first Beatitude, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Explore with us how the gospel writer sets up Jesus' mountain top experience as fulfillment and completion of God's descent on Mt. Sinai. Discover the opportunity the Israelites missed out on, but can now find in meeting together with Jesus on the mountain top.

Explore with us how Jesus threshes with his winnowing fork to usher in the gospel of the kingdom of heaven!

Explore how Jesus gets his ministry off to a powerful start by overcoming the devil's temptations in the wilderness and aligning his mission in surrender to the Lord's plan for redeeming His people.