And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:31-32 ESV) 5 episodes in the life of Jesus are recorded in the fifth chapter of Luke. Two of those involve incidents where […]
Read More A Look at Luke 5 – Up In Your BusinessThe command regarding not unlawfully taking another life is not just a prohibition. All human life is sacred and valuable as reflection of the image of God. That is not just something we acknowledge in stopping from illegally taking. It’s something we acknowledge in actively celebrating life. We have an idea about that when it […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – CelebrateAnd when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was […]
Read More A Look at Luke 4 – Testing and PurposeAll human life has value. To unlawfully take human life is one of the worst things one human does to another. Indeed it is such a crime that it’s one of the first things God deals with after the flood – the consequence for the unlawful taking of a life. “Whoever sheds the blood of […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – PricelessAnd the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?” And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” (Luke 3:10-11 ESV) Zechariah and Elizabeth’s miracle son established the call to repentance in simple and yet radical ways. Mountains made […]
Read More A Look at Luke 3 – The Way PreparedIf we don’t breathe we don’t live. I recently considered what sort of things happen to stop the breathing. Lack of food and drink certainly can contribute to the end of living. More critically, real concern comes from the actions we carry out that stifle people and that stifling leads to strangling the life out […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – KillersShepherds, Simeon, Anna and the teachers in the temple all had something in common. They got to celebrate greatness even in the early stages of the life of Jesus. All four episodes are fascinating in terms of the backstory we get for each encounter. Of all the people to be alerted to the birth of […]
Read More A Look at Luke 2 – Blessings and HonourOne of the simplest things in life is one of the most fundamental. Inhale – exhale. Intake – let out. Each living human being does that. Failure to do so over a particular length of time leads to the end of the term as a ‘living’ human being. Humans thus know that the best way […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – BreatheLuke 1 is a very long chapter. Sometimes I get the impression there are books in the Bible shorter than this chapter! It may be long, but it’s not boring. On the contrary this is a gripping narrative providing the context of the arrival of the letter’s main character. It’s a brilliant prelude. So much […]
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