Jesus’ family relationships in Luke are striking, if not controversial.
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 MoreThe image of President George Washington on the US $1.00 bill can be a good reminder about the One to Whom we must give ourselves. This is Jesus’ point in Mark 12:13-17.
Read MoreDid God visit you? But did you fail to recognize Him when He made the visit? Did you rebuff Him?
Read MoreThe church did not invent Jesus’ divinity. The church didn’t need to. Jesus was and is the embodiment of Israel’s God, and that fact is embedded firmly in the Third Gospel.
Read MoreCritics have a field day with Christians’ claim of Jesus’ divinity in Luke’s Gospel. At first glance, it does seem that the critics are right.
Luke does indeed have an answer, but he refuses to serve us fast food. He takes his time and allows his plot to be seen slowly... So, be patient and yet confident.
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