Reading: Luke 23-24, Psalm 119:129-152 The ending of the book of Luke is quite a bit different than the other three accounts of Jesus’ life and ministry. This is because Luke is not actually done with his story. Unlike the books of Samuel, Kings, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Chronicles, the division of
Reading: Luke 21-22, Psalm 119:97-128 Following his parables about the rightful King and rightful owner of the vineyard, there are several incidents involving power and authority. First we have the authority of Rome to tax, which Jesus answers by pointing to the divine image- give Caesar his money, give God
Reading: Luke 17-18, Psalm 119: 33-64 We continue Jesus’ resolute march to Jerusalem today, and continue to encounter teachings that radically challenge the worldviews of the people of his day and ours along the way. From continuous forgiveness to the end of the age to the impossibility of the rich
Reading: Luke 14-16, Psalm 119:1-32 Well, here is a a bunch of well known stories. Parables and parables and parables. When I was growing up, I heard these stories many times, but pretty well always in isolation. Here we get to read them in a series, and I think they
Reading: Luke 10-11, Psalm 117 A couple of chapters ago, we saw Jesus send out twelve disciples to carry his message. Today’s reading opens with him sending out seventy two disciples to carry his message. They are going to all the towns and places that he himself was about to
Reading: Luke 6-7, Psalm 115 We continue today in a series of confrontations. Who exactly is confronting who is a little hard to tell. It is easy to see these stories from Luke as the religious leaders confronting Jesus, and his repeated smack downs of their attempts to trip him
Luke 4-5, Psalm 114 We come right off the rather confrontational preaching of John the Baptist into the public ministry of Jesus. John has been telling everyone who comes to him to repent, and for each person who asks what they are to do he tells to abandon their selfish