Pray and keep praying
Jesus teaches about prayer, fasting, judging others, entering heaven through the narrow gate by doing God’s will: Matthew 6:5–18; Luke …
Category Archives: Luke
Unsalty salt?
The 12 apostles named; the sermon on the mountain (Beatitudes); Jesus teaches about salt and light, the law, adultery, anger, …
The fun police were around 2000 years ago
Jesus heals a lame man, claims to be the son of God (and the Son of Man), explains the Sabbath …
Why didn’t Jesus fast?
Jesus heals a man with leprosy, a paralysed man, calls Levi (Matthew), and explains why his disciples don’t fast: Mark …
After John was arrested: Jesus preached the Good News
Jesus reads from Isaiah and angers everyone, then he heals people and casts out demons: Mark 1:14–15; Matthew 4:12–17; Luke …
More than belief: it’s obedience too
Jesus talks to Nicodemus and the Samaritan women at the well; John the Baptist says Jesus is greater: John 3:1–4:45; …
John denies being Elijah
Jesus repels Satan’s efforts to tempt him, gathers his first disciples, turns water into wine at Cana, and overturns the tables …
Show repentance with actions
John the Baptist baptises people and Jesus grows up—he gets a visit from the magi, flees to Egypt, returns to Nazareth (all as …
John was the Elijah they were waiting for
John and Jesus ‘meet’ and then are born; Simeon and Anna see the promised messiah: Luke 1:39–80; Matthew 1:18–25; Luke …
Jesus: the Word in the beginning
Prophecies of the birth of Jesus and John the Baptist; two genealogies for Jesus: Mark 1:1; Luke 1:1–4; John 1:1–18; …
Jesus ascends without a restored Israel
The resurrected Jesus goes to heaven (the Ascension): Mark 16:19–20; Luke 24:50–53; Acts 1:1-11 So Jesus was alive. Did that …
Thomas who wasn’t there
The resurrected Jesus appears to His disciples and other people, and has some trouble convincing them who He is, then …
He’s alive!
Nicodemus and Joseph put Jesus’ body in a tomb and then it’s sealed, but two days later, the women find it …
The Son of God dies
Simon of Cyrene carries the cross for Jesus to where He is crucified with two criminals, one of which asks Jesus for redemption; …
No show for Herod Antipas
Pilate questions Jesus, sends him to Herod (who sends Him back), still finds nothing wrong with him, but sends him …
Condemned by the Truth
The High Priest and Sanhedrin condemn Jesus (meanwhile Peter denies Him), hand Him over for abuse and then to Pilate; …
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