Devotionals

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May 2 2 In most Easter pageants I’ve seen, the crowds during Jesus’ final days include the same actors and characters with whom Jesus interacted during His ministry and those who shout “Crucify,” leading up to His death. I suspect this is because many churches and ministries’ productions of Passion plays don’t have enough cast…

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…

April 30 If you have been around church for very long, you’ve probably heard about “The Widow’s Mite.” It’s the story we see at the beginning of Luke 21. As Jesus and His disciples watched, rich people dropped large sums of money into the Temple treasury. This treasury was located in the Court of Women,…

April 27 We see two efforts to trap Jesus in today’s Bible reading in Luke 20. In the first, the scribes and chief priests sent spies to ask Jesus if the people should pay taxes to Caesar. Their hope, of course, was to trip him up before the Roman authorities, and have them do their…

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…

April 25 Here in Luke 18:1-14, Jesus tells two parables concerning prayer. In the first, He said that a woman approached an unrighteous judge, begging him to grant her justice against her adversary. This man was a terrible judge. There was no fear of God or respect for people in him, and Jesus offered no…

What does the Kingdom of God look like? The New Testament uses several titles for it: the Kingdom (Matt. 8:12; 13:19), the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 3:2; 4:17), and even the Kingdom of David (Mark 11:10). All of these names, though, describe the same thing. As with any other kingdom, the Kingdom of God is…

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…