LIVING LIKE JESUS: The Gospel of Luke—Week 5 Luke 7:1-10 This week we are beginning our examination of the next of Jesus’ spiritual practices: humility. As we know from Philippians 2:1-11, Jesus is the very epitome of humility. Yet, humility is a spiritual...
LIVING LIKE JESUS: The Gospel of Luke—Week 4 Luke 18:18-30; 19:1-10; 21:1-4 With this week’s passages, we are wrapping up our 4-week review of the first of Jesus’ spiritual practices: simplicity. While some equate the concept of simplicity with self-denial, I think...
LIVING LIKE JESUS: The Gospel of Luke—Week 3 Luke 14:25-33; 16:1-9, 19-31 This week’s passages are difficult to say the least. There are difficulties in interpretation, and there are difficulties in application. For example, in our first passage Jesus states that...
LIVING LIKE JESUS: The Gospel of Luke—Week 2 Luke 12:13-34 One of the chief hallmarks of our sin nature is selfishness. We are preoccupied with ourselves and our desires, and that attitude is on full display in this week’s passage. Jesus is right in the middle of...
LIVING LIKE JESUS: The Gospel of Luke—Week 1 Luke 6:27-38 We are beginning a new series walking in the footsteps of Jesus as outlined in the Gospel of Luke. However, the goal of this series is not to merely look at the stories and teachings of Jesus as recounted by...
JAMES—Week 10 James 5:13-20 We have reached the end of our study of James. As we’ve seen, James doesn’t pull any punches as he challenges our culture’s belief that faith should be a personal, private matter. For James, our faith should be just the opposite—our faith...
