Tuesday, March 4, 2025
The story in the second part of this passage is familiar to most of us. Jesus has been invited to dinner in the home of Simon, one of the Pharisees. While dining, a disreputable woman from the town visits Jesus and washes his feet with her tears, dries them with her hair, and anoints them… Read more
Monday, March 3, 2025
“When Jesus heard this, he was amazed” (Luke 7:9). What makes Jesus amazed? Is it the things we do? How much money we make? Our job titles? How we raise our kids? How clean our houses are? How much we read the Bible? It isn’t any of those things! It’s our faith. In our reading… Read more
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Luke 6:35 begins, “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High.” Jesus tells us there is a gift for those who lend without expecting to be repaid… Read more
Friday, February 28, 2025
Yesterday we looked at who Jesus is as a doctor, and today we confirm Jesus is a trustworthy and perfect doctor through another healing story. In Luke 6, Jesus heals a man with a deformed right hand on the Sabbath. The description of the man’s ailment on the right hand demonstrates that this ailment not… Read more