Between what we last heard from Luke and what we just heard, Jesus has performed additional healings, called additional disciples, and established that he is the Lord of the Sabbath:…
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The Word of God comes to announce the Word is now fulfilled. It seems like that would be sort of important, if you understood what was happening. Those in the…
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Luke wants to keep us mindful of the presence of the Holy Spirit. Things are happening, developing, maturing, bearing fruit through the power and presence of the Spirit—that has huge…
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“[T]he eternal Son of God was a guest at a feast.”[1] You could do worse than to have Jesus as a guest at your celebration. I haven’t been sure how…
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“My people will know my name” (52:6). Did they not know His name? What is God’s name? God? Jehovah? Just to be clear, it isn’t Jehovah. Jesus? Yes, His name…
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“All the wrongs you have done to me” (3:11). Oof. Did you pick up that God is speaking here to His own? God says He will remove. He will purify. …
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Maybe you’ve heard the phrase “Put it in writing”? Get it in black and white: not just words in the air, but something we can hold on to, show others—a…
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The Temple, Herod’s Temple, was built to make an impression. When architects build to impress, they think about how best to do that. Size is one factor, the scale. The…
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It’s not as if, before the time of Martin Luther, there had been no inkling that something had gone wrong, that the church needed to get back to the basics,…
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It takes a long time, in most cases, for the Word of God to sink into a person’s heart. It has for me! There’s so much there, already! Certainly, we…
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