GOOD THINGS CAN ALSO BLINDSIDE

REFERENCE TEXT: LUKE 14:10-25 'I must go and see my new field' , 'I must go and examine my new set of oxen', 'I have married a wife': while these are all good things, and marker of progress in some sense, they were classified as "excuses" in the Gospel text we read. Why? Because they... Continue Reading →

DO BUSINESS TILL I COME

DAY 325 Luke 19:13 Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said. The servant in rebellion, who was utterly disobedient, did not heed instruction. As a result, he missed the key that was given alongside the money:  'do business till I return'.... Continue Reading →

BUSINESS AS USUAL

DAY 311 Reference text: Luke 14:15-24 Everything for the banquet was ready,  utinvited guests found reasons to not attend: the first gave an excuse: 'I have bought a piece of land and need to go check it out. The second had bought a yoke of oxen, and was going to test them out. The third,... Continue Reading →

DELIVERY TO YOUR DOORSTEP

DAY 339 OF 365 IN 2021 DELIVERY TO YOUR DOORSTEP Luke 3:2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. David was alone in the fields with his father's sheep when a message arrived for him to return home where he was... Continue Reading →

ACTION OVER EXCUSES

DAY 320 OF 365 IN 2021 ACTION OVER EXCUSES Luke 19:2,3 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. As far as excuses... Continue Reading →

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