A Call to Follow | A Devo on Luke 5:1-11

A Call to Follow | A Devo on Luke 5:1-11

The text for this week is Luke 5:1-11. I am not preaching, so I probably won’t dive too deeply into it this week. I thought I would offer up two resources for you. First, here is the commentary on the calling of the disciples that I wrote in The Life of Jesus,...
Jesus, Vengeance, and How to Read Scripture

Jesus, Vengeance, and How to Read Scripture

How do we reconcile the seemingly loving and peaceful Jesus with a seemingly vengeful and angry God of the Hebrew Bible? This is a sticking point for many people, especially in a society so saturated with hate crimes. I bring this up today because it is early Saturday...
Observations from Luke 4:16-30

Observations from Luke 4:16-30

This is my initial observation of the text for this week’s sermon from Luke 4:16-30. The image is a screen capture from my notes in Logos. I’m offering this post as a kind of “behind-the-scenes, making-of” peek into how a sermon is crafted. The...

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