April 25 Here in Luke 18:1-14, Jesus tells two parables concerning prayer. In the first, He said that a woman approached an unrighteous judge, begging him to grant her justice against her adversary. This man was a terrible judge. There was no fear of God or respect for people in him, and Jesus offered no…
April 24 What does the Kingdom of God look like? The New Testament uses several titles for it: the Kingdom (Matt. 8:12; 13:19), the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 3:2; 4:17), and even the Kingdom of David (Mark 11:10). All of these names, though, describe the same thing. As with any other kingdom, the Kingdom of…
April 23 When a believer dies, does he/she go straight to heaven? Well, the story of The Rich Man and the Beggar Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31 might leave you wondering. It’s another great example of why exploring the immediate context and overarching context of a particular Bible verse or passage is so important. The immediate…
April 20 In Luke 15, modern-day Bible translations give a title to all three parables using the word lost: The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin, and The Lost Son. But is lost the emphasis in each of these parables or do all three of them point to a larger truth? A shepherd lost a sheep….
Luke 14 As a child, something always intrigued me. I remember a tall, brick smokestack in our neighborhood. On it were the initials of a college—a college that was several miles away. Now, this old smokestack didn’t get there by itself. Someone built it before the early 1960s. Was the college supposed to be built…
April 18 We often judge other people. We feel that we are more important and more godly than others. And, when something happens to other people who we feel are less worthy of God’s love, we sometimes blame their misfortune on their sin. That was the case with the two groups Dr. Luke introduces us…
