Grace and Truth Ministries is non-denominational, and Pastor Joseph P. Sugrue is dedicated to teaching the Word of God from the original languages.
Sunday June 22, 2025 Main idea: We understand love only after we have experienced it. Intro: Jesus did not hide His suffering and death (list... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3168
Thursday June 19, 2025 Theme: As disciples walk on into the age of the church without Christ present, they will need God's help for consistent faith to do the works of God and not take... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3167
Wednesday June 18, 2025 Main idea: John the Baptist was the prophesied Elijah and he was rejected and suffered but succeeded in pointing to Jesus as Messiah/King. Success is doing God's will by fulfilling His calling for your life. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3166
Sunday June 15, 2025 Intro: clouds - glory of God, the dwelling of God. Deu 18:18-19 for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3165
Thursday June 12, 2025 Main idea: Jesus Christ will return to judge all mankind because His cross was complete victory and the kingdom will be filled with righteousness. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3164
Wednesday June 11, 2025 Intro: One could not be a disciple of Jesus without His presence. Though now at the right hand of God, we in the church continue to have His presence and so are called to be His disciples. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3163
Sunday June 8, 2025 Intro: It is God's desire for every person to become a disciple of Christ. That means it is man's destiny, but with free-will added in. Since none are forced ("anyone who wishes") it is faith in the truth that determines your destiny and future reward. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3162
Thursday June 5, 2025 Main Idea: When Jesus Christ reveals His suffering and death, Peter reveals his misunderstanding of the suffering Messiah, which results in his mind being on the things of man. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3161
Wednesday June 4, 2025 Main Idea: Main idea: When Jesus Christ reveals His suffering and death, Peter reveals his misunderstanding of the suffering Messiah. Text: Mat... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3160
Sunday June 1, 2025 Main idea: The church possesses eternal life and is built on those who boldly confess Christ as the Son of the living God, thus blessing and also cursing the world. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3159
Thursday May 29, 2025 Mat 16:13-20. Asking the disciples who the people think He is opens the way for Jesus to ask the disciples who they think He... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3158
Wednesday May 28, 2025 Mat 16:1-12. The reason Jesus called that generation evil and... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3157
Sunday May 25, 2025 Main idea: The Gospel reveals the salvation of Gentiles in the same manner as the Jew, hence Jesus ventured into Gentile areas to minister to them and the Gentiles glorified the God of Israel. Text: Mat 15:29-39. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3156
Thursday May 22, 2025 Main idea: Christ will make any sinner seeking Him into a child who sits at the Father's table and that relationship will overcome all problems. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3155
Wednesday May 21, 2025 Mat 15:1-20 Defiled: koinoo = make common or impure (major theme in this passage). for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3154
Sunday May 18, 2025 Intro: Deception is the leader and self-deception is the follower, and both fall into a pit. Mat 15:1-6 for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3153
Thursday May 15, 2025 Intro: What is Korban (Corban)? Korban - gift or offering for the Temple (Lev 2:1). An... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3152
Wednesday May 14, 2025 Introduction: Jesus' view is eschatological, meaning He always has a destination in mind. The scene on the sea (Mat... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3151
Sunday May 11, 2025 Main Idea: The miracle of Christ walking on water depicts the salvation of the church by grace and then transforming the church to its one destination - the condition of Christ. Intro: Event in 2 acts. Act 1 - The Lord; Act 2 -... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3150
Thursday May 8, 2025 Main Idea: Jesus came to the disciples because they were in trouble in a situation that required He remove the veil over His deity. Intro: There have been many reasonings about the... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3149
Wednesday May 7, 2025 Main idea: Jesus' response to the disciple's materialistic thinking is to put them into service. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3148
Sunday May 4, 2025 Main Idea: Jesus' feeding the 5000 reveals that His disciples' life sanctified from the world while happy, healed, instructed, fed, and excited to see what impossible thing He will do next. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3147
Thursday May 1, 2025 Main idea: Main idea: Jesus allows His sanctified time of isolated rest to be interrupted because He has compassion for the suffering of mankind, and will act for them. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3146
Wednesday April 30, 2025 Main idea: Herod Antipas was a weak, sensual man whose execution of John represents the rejection of Christ by the pagan elite. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3145
Sunday April 27, 2025 Intro: We are in the middle of the Gospel of Matthew: the point of the chiasm, and now we are climbing back out / up. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3144
Thursday April 24, 2025 Main Idea: Matthew structures his gospel to present the Lord Messiah as a faithful teacher who progresses to the climax of His life, in the midst of a world that accepts and rejects... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3143
Wednesday April 23, 2025 Main idea: The Lord wills that the disciples of His kingdom will be scribes who understand and share old and new truths. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3142
Sunday April 20, 2025 You have overcome death through the risen Christ. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3141
Thursday April 17, 2025 Conquer by superior force or through humility, love, and sacrifice. What does that look like? (Real life example: Christ forgives the woman who finds Him in Simon's house. Simon's heart wasn't changed, but hers was completely. And what was it changed to?) for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3140
Wednesday April 16, 2025 Mat 21:28-22:14 [Three parables about Christ's rejection] Imagine life as attending the wedding feast of the Son of God. You run into wheat and tares, but it is not always obvious who is who. What would,... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3139
Sunday April 13, 2025 Set the stage: Jesus awoke that morning knowing that it was finally the day to present Himself as the King Messiah, publicly. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3138
Thursday April 10, 2025 What fills the wonder of your mind? Is it treasure on earth or in heaven? 1Ti 6:17 for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3137
Wednesday April 9, 2025 Mat 13:33. Leaven in every other NT text is... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3136
Sunday April 6, 2025 Intro: Define terms Leaven: fermented dough, used to make bread rise by producing carbon dioxide through fermentation,... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3135
Thursday April 3, 2025 Main idea: The church was to vastly grow and contain both good and bad. The NT... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3134
Wednesday April 2, 2025 From the 19th century, liberal theology has really done a great deal of damage to the church. A lot of the tares want to be good, and liberal theology gives them a way. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3133
Sunday March 30, 2025 Intro: God demands that His saints live in the manner of divine light while in a world full of evil. He demands that we live like Christ and He has given us, by grace, every one of us, all the tools necessary to do this. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3132
Sunday March 23, 2025 Intro: Mat 13:11 "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3131
Thursday March 20, 2025 Main idea: Every believer must maintain the good condition of their heart as a good farmer does the soil. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3130
Wednesday March 19, 2025 Intro / Review: God created and gave governments and nations (Gen 6-11). for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3129
Sunday March 16, 2025 Intro: Textual variants. Mat 13:18-19 for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3128
Sunday March 9, 2025 Main Idea: Understanding the mystery of Christ comes by hearing the truth with careful thought and consideration. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3127
Wednesday March 5, 2025 Mat 13:10-17. Mat 13:10 for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3126
Sunday March 2, 2025 Main Idea: In the church age, those who walk with the Lord will see and hear the kingdom of heaven. Mat 13:1-17. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3125
Thursday February 27, 2025 Mat 12:46-50. Text: Final group out of a lot of bad apples in Mat 11-12. Thankfully we end the chapters in goodness. These are of the good soil.... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3124
Wednesday February 26, 2025 Mat 12:43-45. Text: for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3123
Sunday February 23, 2025 The sign from heaven is Him. He is the sign that the kingdom of God is among them. They miss who He is, so they seek after a sign from Him. Miracles alone do not guarantee faith. Mat... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3122
Thursday February 20, 2025 MAT 12:33-37 We read in NASB "You brood of vipers." When the Greek word is gennemata = generation. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3121
Wednesday February 19, 2025 Mat 12:22-32. Blasphemy... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3120
Sunday February 16, 2025 Intro: The response of each person to Christ is the one issue that determines the result of each human life and all human history. Rev... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3119
Wednesday February 12, 2025 The power of the first Christians, not in arms but in faith, changed an Empire. This is Christ's First Battalion - the poor, meek, mournful peacemakers to whom belongs the kingdom of heaven. for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=3118