We are joining Jesus in what is referred to as “The Passion Week.” We saw Him ride into Jerusalem a few days ago. I wanted to see if we could go through the week at His speed and end up with His resurrection for Easter, but that is not going to happen. The first reason […]
We see Jesus heartbroken today. He knows the plan and He knows the people, but if only… In my mind’s eye I see Jesus standing on the side of one of the mountains surrounding Jerusalem. He is looking over the whole of it as He sits on a rock. His eyes are full of tears […]
We are at a very familiar story today. It is Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The timing of our study is also pretty appropriate. We are coming up to the celebrated anniversary of that event in three more days. How fitting that we look at it now. We have looked at this story in both […]
Luke tells us that Jesus, His disciples and all those following along are nearing Jerusalem. He knows what is in their hearts and what they think the agenda is going to be on this trip. Luke tells us Jesus uses the parable we are going to look at today because they were expecting Him to […]
We get to meet Zacchaeus today. A little man on a mission. A despised man because he made his living at the expense of others. “He was a chief tax collector and he was rich” (verse 2). Zacchaeus didn’t really know who Jesus was but Jesus knew who he was. I’m wondering how much Zacchaeus […]