Today’s reading is Luke 19: 1-27 Today we read two different stories that most of us have a sense of familiarity with. We see the story of Zacchaeus and we see the parable about burying your talent (except here in Luke in … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 19: 1-27 Today we read two different stories that most of us have a sense of familiarity with. We see the story of Zacchaeus and we see the parable about burying your talent (except here in Luke in … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 18: 18-43 Today we read the rich young ruler. He was given the chance to follow Jesus, but he turned the chance down, because of what it would cost him. He would have had to have … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 18: 9-17 We see in this passage two people who are justified. When Jesus tells the story, the ones justified would be very surprising to His audience. The tax collector and a child. We see the … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 18: 1-8 Today we see one the cooler stories in the Bible, in my opinion. We see this story of the unjust judge, who feared neither God nor humans, but because the widow would not leave … Continue reading
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: 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