Advent 2025 wk 3 The Family
Luke 1:39-45
The theme of angels from Advent wk2 continues with the visitation of Gabriel to Mary in our Advent reading. Mary learns she is to conceive and will give…
Advent 2025 wk2 The Angels
Matthew 1:18-25
The abundance of OT prophesies pointed forward to the coming of God's Messiah, but the 400 years of heavenly silence after Malachi only fanned the flames of Israel's…
Advent 2025 wk 1 The Prophesies
Micah 5:1-5
Yahweh-God commissioned chosen men to serve as messengers throughtout the Old Testament to reveal details about the coming of Immanuel. From Geneist 3 forward, the character and mission…
The Danger of False Discipleship
Matthew 7:21-23
Following the warnings and rebuke that concluded Luke 9 to those wishing to follow Jesus, we shifted to the end of Matthew's Sermon on the Mount for parallel…
Luke: A Gentile’s Chronicle of Christ 40
Luke 9:51-62
The Galilean ministry of Jesus comes to a conclusion, as Christ and His disciples begin the final journey south to Jerusalem. Four incidents take place at the end…
Luke: A Gentile’s Chronicle of Christ 39
Luke 9:43b-50; Following the healing of the demon-possessed boy by Jesus, Luke includes three issues among His disciples that reveal their failure to drive out the evil spirit.…
Luke: A Gentile’s Chronicle of Christ 38
Luke 9:37-42
Returning from the mountain where Christ was Transfigured, Jesus and the Three find a crowd awaiting. A man calls out of the mass of people, imploring Jesus to…
Luke: A Gentile’s Chronicle of Christ 37
Luke 9:28-36
About a week after Christ's disclosure of His impending suffering, rejection, death and resurrection, He took the same three disciples, who were present at the raising of Jairu's…
Luke: A Gentile’s Chronicle of Christ 36
Luke 9:21-27
Jesus used the profound confession of faith by Simon-Peter as a teachable moment for the OT reality of His messiahship. Rather than fulfilling the aspirations of Israel for…