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10 He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was completely restored. 11 But they were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus. There are good reasons to get angry, and then there areContinue reading “20Feb2009 Luke 6:10-11”

5 Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” What does it mean to be ‘lord’ of something? We often want to think of ourselves as being in charge of something, of having control or being able to make up the rules that govern a place or situation. WeContinue reading “19Feb2009 Luke 6:5”

38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. Every time God does something new He seems to break the former mold. We see this in the Church in the West. Music styles have changed, and much of the old seems tired and worn out. The way we provide Christian Education programs has changedContinue reading “18Feb2009 Luke 5:38”

31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” One of the most freeing things I do daily is admit that I am a sinner in need of a Savior. I have no delusions ofContinue reading “17Feb2009 Luke 5:31-32”

28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. Have you ever been so taken up in the moment that you just dropped everything and followed? This happened to Levi in this account. He was a Jewish man hired to collect Roman taxes from Jewish people. He was seen as a traitor to theContinue reading “16Feb2009 Luke 5:28”

23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? Words are easy to say. Promises are easy to make. Hope is easily offered. The crowd of religious leaders who were there that day when Jesus said these words knew that. Jesus had just told the paralyzed manContinue reading “15Feb2009 Luke 5:23”

20 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.” Here is one of those verses that I would like to rewrite. It is embarrassing. It would be much better if the faith Jesus saw was the faith of the paralyzed man instead of the faith of his friends. I can imagineContinue reading “13Feb2009 Luke 5:20”

4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Jesus wanted a better platform from which to speak. He hopped in a fishing boat and had the owner push out a little bit from the shore and he taught. When heContinue reading “10Feb2009 Luke 5:4”

14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.” This is the third group to ask for John the Baptist for specific requirements that would demonstrate repentance. John had preached a short but very direct sermon on sin andContinue reading “4Feb2009 Luke 3:14”

50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them. Jesus’ parents didn’t understand what their teenage son was saying! Doesn’t that make you feel better? Jesus seemed to be in a different world from his parents. He understood some things about himself that his parent’s had not yet fully understood. He knewContinue reading “1Feb2009 Luke 2:50”