Posts with the category “luke”

It’s resurrection morning for Jesus. All of the Gospels highlight Jesus’ post-resurrection conversations with His disciples and followers, but only Luke highlights a conversation that happened seven m...  Read More

Today we come to the last solemn minutes of Jesus’ life on the cross. It is His final comment from the cross that catches my attention. It is a prayer but goes further than up. That prayer goes wide. ...  Read More

In today’s reading we are entering into Luke’s telling of the Passion Week. While Jesus is with His disciples in the garden of Gethsemane, He speaks some remarkable words to Peter, which will be impor...  Read More

When I begin to think about what Jesus can see, I am amazed. Consider these: • Jesus sees the past. In John 1, He tells Nathaniel the day he was under a fig tree. • Jesus sees the future. He prophesie...  Read More

Not everyone who asks you a question wants an answer or wants the truth. Listen to one of the most profound questions ever asked. It was a question someone asked of Jesus, and the one who asked it nev...  Read More

Today’s reading contains the story of a crazy conversion of a rich man. But in order to get its full picture, we have to read something from the previous chapter about a crazy miracle healing of a bli...  Read More

In today’s reading, Jesus tells a story on prayer. But I think through the story, He wants us to pick the guy we think God likes best so He can teach us a lesson. Sometimes we assume that God likes wh...  Read More

My goal today is to put you in a special category, which not many are in. My goal is to move you to the 10 percent category, because if I can get you there, I can get you some extra help on what God h...  Read More

What if you could hear from someone who had died, and they could tell you what’s on the other side? That’s what a story in today’s reading is. It’s a story that will stop you in your tracks. It’s the ...  Read More

Today’s reading contains one of the most incredible stories ever told. We call it the story of the prodigal son. Let’s read it together: [Jesus] said, “A man had two sons. The younger of them said to ...  Read More

You’ve been invited to a big party. Not just a party but God’s party. And it lasts a really long time . . . for eternity. In order to understand how this party works, Jesus told a parable. And what ma...  Read More

There are more than 7 billion people on earth. Nearly sixty million of them will die this year. That is approximately 153,000 people dying every day, 6,400 people dying every hour, 107 people dying ev...  Read More

A. W. Tozer, the famous Christian writer, said that there are seven ways to really know ourselves and know what our character is like. He called them rules for self discovery. They are: 1. What we wan...  Read More

When it comes to giving a gift today, one of the most popular gifts, which doesn’t require much thought or effort, is a gift card. According to the National Retail Federation, about 59 percent of shop...  Read More

A politician finds their opponent on the side of the road with their car broken down, do they stop and help her? If a die-hard Yankees fan sees a Boston Red Sox fan at a check-out at a local store and...  Read More

Can we have a promise from Jesus that doesn’t work for us? Can Jesus tell us what we are to do and then we can’t do it? That’s the situation we find in today’s reading. In Luke 9, we are filled with f...  Read More

A friend of mine said, “You’re only as sick as your secrets.” Christianity is not something that works well with secrets. In fact, in today’s reading we come to an amazing chapter packed with teaching...  Read More

Today we land on Luke 7. In the last story of the chapter (verses 36-50), Jesus is in a house with a number of religious people and a prostitute comes in and washes His feet with her hair. This is how...  Read More

I know there is a lot of folklore that goes with the masterpiece of the Lord’s Supper painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. Whether this is true or not, I love this story I read recently about the painting. ...  Read More

I have a prayer I pray that a pastor friend from Alabama taught me. It goes like this: “Lord, the answer is yes even before You ask.” I want to be able to say yes to the Lord at all times. I want you ...  Read More

In today’s reading we actually get to read one of the most amazing chapters of a different book—Psalm 91. Psalm 91 starts off with these familiar words: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High w...  Read More

Today I want to take you to a water baptism class. I believe that water baptism displays the difference between the casual Christian and a serious follower of Jesus, because it is clear in the Bible t...  Read More

One of my favorite quotes about moms comes from the old 1960s’ comedian Milton Berle: “If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” With all a mother has to do, it is no surprise ...  Read More

Change is hard for those who have been doing the same thing for a long time. We see that truth in today’s reading about an older couple who are about to have their world turned upside down—all because...  Read More