After the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus tells his disciples to cross the sea. While they are toiling in rowing, Jesus walks by. They cry out to him, and he enters the ship. Jesus is teaching them to call out to him, to trust him, and to remember his miracles.

Jesus moves from the feast at Matthew's house to answering questions about fasting. He explains fasting using analogies of clothing repair, wine storage, and weddings. We examine our new life in Christ and fasting from both doctrinal and devotional points of view.

Through David's wars with the children of Ammon and their hired mercenaries, we extract truths for the battle.

Often, spiritual maturity is reduced to how much Scripture a believer knows. While that is an aspect of spiritual maturity, it is not the full extent of it. In 1 Peter 3:8, the Lord paints a clear portrait of maturity.