One of the best examples of being faithful comes back to remind me about key things about what that concept is and what it is not. Being faithful is not blind complicity and subsequent conformity. She was getting victimised and bullied in church. This woman, still married and with her brood of children was being […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – FaithfulTo you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ (Luke 8:10 ESV) People are healed from different diseases and he’s preaching a word that’s captivating and reinforced by the various […]
Read More A Look At Luke 8 – When The Word Is HeardWhen Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” (Luke 7:9 NIV) Jesus was amazed by the faith of the centurion. It was something he had not witnessed before. That’s remarkable considering how […]
Read More A Look at Luke 7 – Learning From The CenturionBut love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. (Luke 6:35-36 ESV) The teachings of Jesus are still […]
Read More A Look at Luke 6 – Godly LoveAnd 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 BusinessAnd 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 PurposeAnd 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 aspects of a time for everything under the heavens is that there is a time for things to finish. Great meals finish. Brilliant books come to an end. Superb movies close. Heart-moving songs reach their finale. Sweet conversations conclude. Sad though it is there’s something fitting about the end of things. As […]
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