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28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near. These words of action come at a time of great contrasts. The previous verses have spoken about everything on earth that is solid being shaken. Turmoil of land, sea and heavens are signs ofContinue reading “21June2009 Luke 21:28”

18 But not a hair of your head will perish. This is an extraordinary statement coming in the middle of a proclamation that some will be killed for their faith! If we are killed, how can the hair of your head not be involved? Jesus knows that this body is only a temporary dwelling. WeContinue reading “19June2009 Luke 21:18”

12 “But before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. It seems so strange that when Jesus talks about the persecution that the disciples will go through,Continue reading “18June2009 Luke 21:12”

42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand 43 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”‘ 44 David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?” How many times have you read or heard something and then suddenlyContinue reading “16June2009 Luke 24:42-44”

25 “Caesar’s,” they replied. He said to them, “Then give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” In this day of corporate buyouts and off-shore investments, I began to think about the many ways people avoid their financial responsibilities. I recently heard about someone declaring bankruptcy so that they could avoidContinue reading “12June2009 Luke 20:25”

14 “But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. ‘This is the heir,’ they said. ‘Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ Killing was not the first option for these tenants. They had already refused to pay their due to the owner and had treated his representatives with increasingly harshContinue reading “11June2009 Luke 20:14”

2 “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,” they said. “Who gave you this authority?” I recently had the privilege of visiting Herculaneum, the ancient Greek city destroyed by a volcanic mud flow from Mount Vesuvius. As I walked through this city that was buried for almost two thousand years under volcanicContinue reading “9June2009 Luke 20:2”

37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: It is one thing to praise God and something entirely different when we praise God for something we haveContinue reading “7June2009 Luke 19:37”

25 “‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’ The cry for justice comes all too often. Right in the middle of this parable, when obvious justice is happening, the cry for justice comes. All of us with kids have heard the words, “That’s not fair.” People want equality, not justice. They want the surface toContinue reading “6June2009 Luke 19:25”

25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Some things are impossible for humans. Only God can accomplish them on our behalf. Entering God’s kingdom is one of those tasks. This is a God-sized task. ItContinue reading “3June2009 Luke 18:25”