Today’s reading is Luke 7: 36-50 Today in our reading we see Jesus forgive the sinful woman. When the Pharisee mentions that Jesus, if He were a prophet would be aware of the sinfulness of the woman touching him, he … Continue reading
Forgiven Much
Love, Hate, and a Better Way
One of my favorite quotes that I’ve seen attributed to Dr. King is “I’ve decided to stick with love, hate is too heavy a burden to bear.” I wanted to look up the source of this quote, and this is … Continue reading
Trust and Doubt
Today’s reading is Luke 7: 1-35 Today’s reading gives us three very interesting stories. The first one is one of my favorites in all the Gospels. In this story, the Roman Centurian has a servant who is sick. Jesus is … Continue reading
Seeing Clearly
Today’s reading is Luke 6: 37-49 Yesterday we read about Jesus command for us to love our enemies. That is something that is very hard for us to do and is something that can really only be done by the … Continue reading
Against the Grain
Today’s reading is Luke 6: 20-36 Today we see that our faith is going to always be something that goes against the grain of this world. Our faith must always be different. Our faith must not look like the world … Continue reading
Jesus and the Law
Today’s reading is Luke 6: 1-19 We see in today’s reading part of the running debate between Jesus and the religious leaders regarding the law. It is easy when we read this to think that the religious leaders are just … Continue reading
The Extragance of Grace
Today’s reading is Luke 5: 27-39 In today’s passage, we see the extravagance of grace. We see it first in Jesus’ calling of Matthew, the tax collector. Tax collectors were the worst of the worst in Jewish society. They were … Continue reading
Encountering Jesus
Today’s reading is Luke 5: 1-26 As I read today’s reading, I was struck by how each encounter with Jesus truly changed the people that met Jesus, and in truth, even the ones that met Jesus didn’t fully understand who … Continue reading
Let’s Be Looking
Luke 4: 31-44 Today we see a contrast with yesterday. In yesterday’s reading, Jesus came to His hometown and the people there rejected Him. The could not believe that He was actually the Messiah, the one sent by God to … Continue reading
Jesus and Rejection
Luke 4: 16-30 Today we see Jesus do what no preacher ever really wants to do. He preached to His home church. I’ve been able to preach at my home church, Johnston Chapel UMC in Summit, MS, several times in … Continue reading
