Monday, November 13, 2006

Jesus the Great High Priest

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April 28, 2007 Luke 24.50-53 What is the significance of Jesus' raising of his hands and pronouncing a blessing (doubly stated) before a...

Two Witnesses: Moses and Elijah?

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April 15, 2007 Luke 24.4-7; (9.28-36; Acts 1.6-11) In telling his Jesus story, Luke has often coupled his characters: the sending of the twe...

"Coming on the Clouds"

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March 11, 2007 Luke 21.5-38 Jesus predicted the destruction of the temple and the end of the age in Luke 21. Much can be said of the details...

The Rich Man and Lazarus

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March 04, 2007 Luke 16.19-31 Luke's story of the rich man and Lazarus has sparked much debate regarding issues of the afterlife. Some ar...

The Son of Man

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February 11, 2007 Luke 5.18-26; 6.1-11; (7.34; 9.22-26, 44, 56-58; 11.30-32; 12.8-10, 40; 17.22-30; 18.8, 31; 19.10; 21.27, 36-38; 22.22, 67...

Jesus and Contagious Impurities

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February 04, 2007 Luke 5.12-16; 8.40-56; (17.11-19) On a few occasions in Luke's Gospel, Jesus heals individuals of certain infirmities ...

The Temptation of Jesus

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January 28, 2007 Luke 4.1-15 Luke's telling of Jesus' temptation sheds great light on the objective in communicating Jesus' stor...

The Teachings of John

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January 21. 2007 Luke 3.7-22 As noted last week, John's ministry stands in contrast to the Jewish priestly aristocracy. Looking this wee...

John, Jesus, and the Temple

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January 14, 2007 Luke 3.21-22; 7.18-35 If Luke's Theophilus is in fact the high priest of 37-41 A.D., what would he have known, and thus...

Jesus the Child

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January 07, 2007 Luke 2.40-52 Luke 2.40 and 2.52 act as bookends to the story of Jesus' childhood experience in the temple. At the age o...

The Birth of Jesus

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December 24, 2006 Luke 1.26-56; 2.1-39 "She gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a man...
Saturday, November 11, 2006

Zechariah the Priest

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December 17, 2006 Luke 1.5-25, 57-80 Luke, writing to Theophilus, the Jewish high priest of 37-41 A.D., is careful from the very beginning n...

Identifying Theophilus

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December 10, 2006 Luke 1.1-4 Luke addresses his two-part story to a man named Theophilus. This name was relatively common among both Greeks ...

Introduction

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December 03, 2006 The Gospel of Luke Who was Luke? Why did he write his Jesus story? And who was Theophilus? There have been numerous answer...

Welcome

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Welcome. This blog serves as a study guide for the Gospel of Luke. The aim is to draw attention to and make good sense of the details and pe...