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11 mins read|08/19/19Luke does not tell us who asked it. But it’s a good question. “Lord, will those who are saved be few?”
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9 mins read|08/12/19Jesus is still in the business of dividing. He has come to divide us from our sinful thoughts and habits. He has come to divide us from false views of the world and distortions of His Word.
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9 mins read|08/05/19The Father knows our needs because he knows everything. This is a comforting thought, but only if He is gracious.
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8 mins read|07/28/19Jesus names what life does not consist of, and in doing so he gets to something near and dear to our hearts as Americans—our possessions.
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11 mins read|07/22/19When we pray, we should have in mind His name and His provision and His forgiveness. In other words, we ask God to do what God promises to do.
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7 mins read|07/15/19Like Mary, they (with you) are at Jesus’ feet to learn and hear from the Lord of all Creation. It is a privileged place to be if there ever was one!
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11 mins read|07/08/19When Jesus told the Parable of the Good Samaritan, He was not simply encouraging us to be good citizens. He was continuing a conversation which had begun with a serious question about salvation.
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9 mins read|07/01/19What does Jesus send these people to do? He sends them to speak peace.
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9 mins read|06/26/19Whether your hearers are lifelong church-goers or recent converts, following Jesus is not a casual pastime. It is not simply one more thing we do.
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11 mins read|06/20/19[This text] describes a journey to a foreign region where Jesus engages in a confrontational conversation with a legion of demons, performs a violent and scandalous exorcism, and leaves behind a community gripped by terror. Apparently, the only thing more frightening than a naked, graveyard-dwelling demoniac is this visitor from Nazareth who reigns over everything.
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10 mins read|05/26/19After teaching his disciples many things about himself, the world, and the things to come, Jesus concluded his last evening with his disciples in prayer to the Father. And he concluded his prayer with the words in this text. As the old saying goes, you can learn a lot about a man by listening in on his prayers.
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9 mins read|05/19/19When you are not experiencing this kind of tribulation, the promise of “you will” hardly seems comforting. But when you are in the midst of it—when the pressure of this world is bearing down on you—it is comforting to know it has not caught God unawares.
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