Sabbath

February 20 God inspired Peter to speak his confession, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16–17) Jesus praises Peter for his insight, and says He will build His unconquerable church on Peter’s confession. And yet, just seven verses later, Jesus looks at Peter and says, “Get behind me, Satan!” Why…

April 23 When a believer dies, does he/she go straight to heaven? Well, the story of The Rich Man and the Beggar Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31 might leave you wondering. It’s another great example of why exploring the immediate context and overarching context of a particular Bible verse or passage is so important. The immediate…

April 26 The first ten verses of Luke 19 give us the story of a man named Zacchaeus. Like Levi/Matthew, Zacchaeus was a Jew, which put him in an awkward position as a Roman authority who taxed his own people. Perhaps you sang the children’s song about this “Wee Little Man.” Dr. Luke tells us…

May 1 What we call the “Lord’s Supper” or the “Last Supper” was the final Passover Jesus would eat with His disciples. They probably would have celebrated the Passover in the past, but Jesus said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” (Luke 22:15, CSB) Not just…

The Bible is unapologetically Trinitarian, that is to say, from Genesis 1:1–2 to John 1:1, the Triune God is presented very clearly. And, in Jesus’ ministry, Dr. Luke drives home the close relationship between the Son of God and the Spirit of God, especially here in Luke 4. Some seven hundred years before Jesus’ birth,…