Reference text: Luke 14:15-24 In our reference text, a window of entry was opened, an opportunity which the invited guests declined using very valid excuses: to take ownership of a new field, verifying the strength of oxen and spending time with a new wife. (vs 18-20). Once their seemingly valid excuses were relayed to the... Continue Reading →
WHAT PRICE HAVE YOU PAID?
Luke 11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. Our lens is zoomed into the middle section on... Continue Reading →
NO CHOICE EVER STANDS ALONE
Luke 10:16 Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me One would have thought that the choice here was to refuse to listen to Jesus, a personal choice anyone seemed entitled to make. However, nested in that choice was also the rejections... Continue Reading →
“I URGE YOU TO WALK “
When Jesus meets Matthew at the Tax booth, he offered him two words 'follow me'. Those words were beyond the instruction Matthew received, he had been nudged to take action. The discussion ensues where 'He arose and followed'. (Matthew 9:9-10). That text could be placed alongside the words of Saint Paul to the church in... Continue Reading →
“I URGE YOU TO WALK “
When Jesus meets Matthew at the Tax booth, he offered him two words 'follow me'. Those words were beyond the instruction Matthew received, he had been nudged to take action. The discussion ensues where 'He arose and followed'. (Matthew 9:9-10). That text could be placed alongside the words of Saint Paul to the church in... Continue Reading →
“I URGE YOU TO WALK “
When Jesus meets Matthew at the Tax booth, he offered him two words 'follow me'. Those words were beyond the instruction Matthew received, he had been nudged to take action. The discussion ensues where 'He arose and followed'. (Matthew 9:9-10). That text could be placed alongside the words of Saint Paul to the church in... Continue Reading →
A CHOICE TO MAKE
A look at the Gospel today reveals the names of some of the women who were involved in the ministry of Jesus. Of particular note and central to today's discussion is the mention of Joanna, whose husband was the manager of Herod's household (Luke 8:3). While that was significant proximity to a strong opposition to... Continue Reading →
A CHOICE TO MAKE
A look at the Gospel today reveals the names of some of the women who were involved in the ministry of Jesus. Of particular note and central to today's discussion is the mention of Joanna, whose husband was the manager of Herod's household (Luke 8:3). While that was significant proximity to a strong opposition to... Continue Reading →
A CHOICE TO MAKE
A look at the Gospel today reveals the names of some of the women who were involved in the ministry of Jesus. Of particular note and central to today's discussion is the mention of Joanna, whose husband was the manager of Herod's household (Luke 8:3). While that was significant proximity to a strong opposition to... Continue Reading →