Now men of dignity in 1st century Palestine would never be caught running in public, that would be emblematic of a child. Another thing you wouldn’t find a grown man doing was climbing a tree. And yet here in Luke 19, we find a wealthy man running and climbing a tree in [...]
Jesus tells the rich young ruler in Luke 18 “Go and sell everything you have, give it to the poor and follow me.” Does that somehow mean that you and I are to do the same? Or could it be that repentance looks different in each of our lives. The text shows [...]
What a mind bending and astonishing thing, that the sovereign Creator of the universe would condescend to such a degree, as to link the activation of His will to the prayers of the likes of you and me. Now why in the world would an all-powerful God do such a thing? Could [...]
Christ is going to crack open the sky when He returns to set up His Kingdom, and there will be no mistaking this event. Join us for a compelling look at what Jesus Himself has to say about His return in Luke 17. Jesus issues a very interesting command in this text. [...]
Jesus lays out an impossible standard in the extension of forgiveness to others, to which the Apostles essentially reply “There in no way we can run the program you’re laying out here, INCREASE OUR FAITH!” Jesus then responds to that request by telling us very graphically, that it is not more faith [...]
Consider the insatiable lust with which a person pursues the things of the world – pride, power, attention, entertainment, all manner of fleshly pleasures. Imagine a human being whose entire life is spent chasing after the desires of the flesh. Ya’ got that in your mind’s eye? Alright. Now imagine taking such [...]
This week in Luke 16, we have a very perplexing story in the parable of the shrewd manager, which Christ then uses to lower the boom and bring forth a stinging indictment against His own blood bought children. He tells us that unbelievers are more resolute and aggressive in pursuing their temporal [...]
Religion says: I obey; therefore, I am accepted. The Gospel says: Because I am accepted, therefore I obey. The religious person obeys in order to gain acceptance - the Gospel believing person obeys because they are already accepted. Two people operating on these 2 very opposite principles will sit right next to [...]
What absolutely scandalized the Jewish religious leaders in Luke Chapter 15, is that Jesus not only received those they considered to be an abomination before God, but that He actively went out of His way to pursue them and seek them. Perhaps we’ve satisfied ourselves that we’ve graduated to the level of [...]
