Category: Luke

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. It is deeply perplexing and troubling for me that Lord Jesus puts carousing and drunkenness in the same sentence as 'the cares of this life'. Carousing and drunkenness are … Continue reading Chin Up – Luke 21:34 →

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. Do we really understand the implications of this statement of Jesus or do we simply read it, qualify it and move on? Yes, another gut wrenching question to consider. … Continue reading The One Percent – Luke 15:7 →

And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” Our life is defined by Whose we are not by what we ‘own’, as if we really ‘own’ anything. For those of us who have much, there is an ever … Continue reading Stuff of Earth – Luke 12:15 →

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. Meanwhile, the eyewitnesses reported to them how the demon-possessed man was delivered. Then all the people of the Gerasene … Continue reading Godless Fear – Luke 8:35-37 →

Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately the leprosy left him. 'I am willing...' Are there any sweeter words that can be spoken by Lord Jesus? It is the beginning of all of the good that only He can do in a life. The great ‘I … Continue reading I Am Willing – Luke 5:13 →

For what does it benefit someone if he gains the whole world, and yet loses or forfeits himself? Don't be deceived, the value of who we are, as God has created us to be, is worth far more than any created thing we enjoy on this earth. Our very being surpasses infinitely in value any … Continue reading Losers – Luke 9:25 (CSB) →

“Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them except a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. And in the prophet Elisha’s time, there were many in Israel who had leprosy, and yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” The widow mentioned was a woman from a Gentile city. Naaman was a … Continue reading Jesus, Light to the Gentiles – Luke 4:26,27 →