Luke believes we need two Christmas stories. The first story is about the birth of Jesus (Luke 2). The second Christmas story is about the conversion of Saul of Tarsus (Acts 9). Luke believes we need a first and second Noel.
Read MoreThere are three people in Luke-Acts who look like triplets. The triplets repeat the same patterns.
For example, all three are raised from the dead. All three people give the Holy Spirit to believers. These same three people all heal a man, lame from his mother’s womb. Strikingly, the same three men raise people from the dead. All three are attacked and seized by mobs. All three are invited to the home of a Roman soldier. All three receive the Spirit from above. Patterns are repeated. Coincidence?
Read MoreYou’ll be better prepared to endure family turbulence if you pay attention today to what your sons and daughters say and keep their words. “Keeping their words” is the seat belt that will keep you secure in your seat when future storms hit your family. It’s a pattern you can trace in Scripture.
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