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Luke
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Luke’s Genre – Bio & History
What complicates matters is the case of Luke’s work is that it consists of two volumes, the second…
Luke – Acts & the Historical Jesus
All scholars agree that Luke was not an eyewitness of the events reported in his first volume. Most…
Culture Shapes What We Think is Cultural and Leaves Us All with Blind Spots
Almost everyone today recognizes that at least some texts address local situations. Most Christians, for example, do not…
Wrong understanding of lying in a manger
Revival is Part of the Christian Life
If God poured out the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, then much of what we envision as…
Empowered for a Missional Reading of Scripture
Jesus’s promise of the Spirit for Pentecost was a promise of empowerment for mission (Luke 24:48-49; Acts 1:8).…
Ministry and the Marginalized—Luke 7:36-50
Luke wrote two volumes, the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. His second book, the Book…
Ministry and the Marginalized—Luke 7:36-50
Luke wrote two volumes, the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. His second book, the Book…
Mary’s Song and Hannah’s Song—4.38 minutes
Mary celebrates the announcement that she will bear the Messiah. As she does so, she echoes the language…
Mary and Zechariah—Luke 1 (9.23 minutes)
Luke compares and contrasts many figures in his Gospel and Acts; this comparison begins already in Luke’s opening…
Even the demons submit—and your name is written in heaven (Luke 10:17-20)
Jesus’s seventy or seventy-two disciples returned to him excited after Jesus sent them out on their mission. “Lord,…
Count the cost—Luke 14:26-35
The Gospels speak often about the cost of discipleship. They emphasize that Jesus is worth everything. And this…
Mary kept all these things in her heart—Luke 2:19 (and: prophecies vs. ‘prophetic declarations’)
But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart (Luke 2:19, NIV) Christmas is…
A Tale of Two Kings–Luke 2:1-20
Part of our Christmas story is a tale of two kings: one powerful in the eyes of the…