Today’s reading is Luke 17: 1-13 Today we see Jesus teaching about forgiveness. He tells the disciples that if someone sins against them and they repent and ask forgiveness seven times, you must forgive them. Why seven? That’s a powerful number in Jewish … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 16: 19-31 Today in we see Jesus’ final teaching this chapter on wealth. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus. It is sometimes called Lazarus and Dives (Dives was the word for “rich man” in the Latin … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 16: 14-18 Today we read Jesus continue to teach about money and possessions to the religious leaders, talking about the law and how it was in effect until John, but now we are in the new covenant … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 16: 1-13 Today’s text is one of those ones that I read and I scratch my head and say, huh? I don’t really get what is happening. But here’s what I believe that we can learn from … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 15: 10-32 Today we see the next parable of “lost” things. We see the lost brother. But in this story, which brother is lost? Is it the younger brother who basically told his father – I wish … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 15: 1-9 Today’s reading gives us two of the three “lost” parables of Luke 15. We have the lost sheep and the lost coin. A couple things to notice in these two parables this morning. First, notice … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 14: 25-35 Today we read one of those passages that make us scratch our head and say, huh? Wait, what? Jesus tells us to hate our parents and our family? That doesn’t seem right. This is where … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 12: 41-59 Today we read Jesus using the dinner that He was attending as a teaching moment. Dinners were big deals in Jesus day, just as they are for many of us. To host a dinner meant … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 13: 31-35 Today’s reading is, to me, one of the most heartbreaking in all of scripture. When I read this passage, I can almost hear Jesus heart being torn apart. How He longed to love and save … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 13: 18-30 In our passage today, we see something that at first looks really tough, Jesus’ teaching about the narrow door. We hear this and think goodness, that really isn’t something that Jesus would say. Jesus would … Continue reading
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