We are still with Jesus at the home of one of the Pharisees. He was invited to dinner after the Sabbath service. From our reading yesterday we saw the every Pharisee eye was on Jesus during this dinner, but Jesus’ eyes were also on the Pharisees. He has been watching their behavior and is going […]
Have you ever felt like someone was watching you? Did that feeling prove to be true or were you simply self-conscious? Did you change your behavior in response to your perception of being watched? Jesus probably had the feeling of being watched in today’s story and His feeling was MORE than accurate. His behavior was […]
Jesus gets a warning today. I had to laugh at who sent this warning and what they had to say. But even this dire warning wouldn’t keep Jesus from doing His Father’s will. Luke tells us that some Pharisees came to Jesus to warn Him that Herod wanted to kill Him. Um, weren’t the Pharisees […]
Jesus has been traveling and teaching along the way. Luke shares with us one of the questions He encounters. “Will those who are saved be few?” I’m curious about the askers of this question. Luke doesn’t tell us who this brave soul was or his reason behind asking. I wonder if it is one the […]
Jesus shares two analogies regarding the Kingdom of God. He uses leaven and a mustard seed for His comparisons. We have looked at these same analogies in Matthew and Mark’s gospels. I want to look at a few different ways these two common things can symbolically represent God’ Kingdom. I will remind you again that […]