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Luke 10:25-37

Luke shifts from discipleship to public ministry, as a teacher of the law approaches Jesus to test him. His question about obtaining eternal life is met with two…

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Luke 10:21-24

Luke records the joyful response of Jesus to the obedient work of the 72, by affirming the Trinity. He includes the work of the Holy Spirit and prayer…

Luke: A Gentile’s Chronicle of Christ 42

Luke 10:11-20l Jesus completes his instructions to the 72 disciples being sent out through Samaria to prepae the way for His arrival. Three familiar towns in Galilee are…

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Luke 10:1-11

Luke's deep research elaborates upon a number of narrative incidents that Mark covers in just one chapter. The end of Luke 9 reveals Jesus leaving Galilee and heading…

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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…