It’s very easy for us to think that God is too busy for us, or that God has bigger fish to fry than that which we ourselves bring before Him. Well Jesus dispenses with that idea on the front lawn of Peter’s house in Luke 4, where it’s not enough to understand that [...]
As long as we don’t see our desperate need for Christ, we will remain in chains, never coming into the maturity of fully delighting in Him. As long as a man thinks more highly of himself than he ought, he is undermining his appreciation for Christ. This week in Luke 4, Jesus is [...]
Luke Chapter 4 brings us to Satan’s temptation of Christ in the wilderness, where among other things, we clear up a number of misconceptions the church has concerning the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Somehow we have subscribed to this idea that the Holy Spirit always leads us to Happy Town or Dairy [...]
Jesus begins His ministry by submitting Himself to be baptized by John, even though there is nothing for Him to repent from, in order to identify with sinful humanity. In a fantastic passage, the heavens are opened, the Spirit descends like a dove, and the Father pronounces “This is my Son, in whom [...]
The Christian life is one that ought be characterized by the continual cycle of confession and repentance, if we are to move towards a delight in God in Christ, and towards being about our Father's business. Join us for a very practical study upon the front end of John's ministry, as the text [...]
In our last study in Luke Chapter 2, we discover the only narrative the Bible gives us concerning the young Christ, and what we find is spectacular. The 12-year-old Jesus, after ordering a bus to take the best and brightest of Israel to school, handles an emotionally exasperated Mary with great wisdom and [...]
This week in Luke Chapter 2 we find 2 people who were of no reputation in the world, but who had a very deep and powerful walk with the Lord. They were 2 people who were devoted to God, and because they were devoted to God, they were able to treat people with [...]
Join as we launch a new study in the Gospel of Luke this Sunday and Monday at Verse by Verse Church! Luke, a physician by profession, sets out to compile the most thorough account of the life and ministry of Christ, as he puts on the hat of an investigative reporter in producing [...]
When we talk with unbelievers and assume a degree of spiritual familiarity that is just not there, we are going to do little more than push them further away from the Gospel. The Apostle Paul exhorts us in our final study in Colossians - conduct yourselves with wisdom before unbelievers, that you might [...]
