“He Who Loves Father or Mother More Than Me…” — Matthew 10:37   Matthew 10:37 contains one of Jesus’ most defining statements about discipleship: “He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.” This verse parallels Luke 14:26, but whereas Luke preserves the Semitic idiom of “hating” family by comparison, Matthew presents the same teaching in its interpretive form. Together, they provide a complete picture of...

Few teachings of Jesus are as jarring at first hearing as His words in Luke 14:26: “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.” The statement seems to clash with Jesus’ consistent call to love God, love neighbor, honor parents, care for family, and even love one’s enemies (Matthew 22:37–40; Exodus 20:12; 1 Timothy 5:8; Matthew 5:44). Yet Jesus never contradicts Himself. When a passage...

On September 30, 2025, John Fugelsang Isabel Brown appeared on an episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored. Among a number of topics was abortion, to which Mr. Fugelsang said repeatedly that there are no Scriptural prohibitions on abortion, and that in fact Scripture supports abortion and treats an unborn baby as property. He cites Numbers 5 and Exodus 21 as his prooftexts. Isabel Brown referred to the obvious: that Scripture states “Thou Shalt Not Murder” which is a rather explicit rejection of...