King Herod the Great tried to kill Jesus at his birth. Now Herod’s son (with the same
name) is trying to kill Jesus as an adult. At least that’s what Jesus is told by the religious leaders who want him to leave that area. So which one is Jesus calling a “fox” here? It really doesn’t matter because Jesus declares his independence from any authority that would prevent God’s purpose from being fulfilled in his life.
Luke 13:18-30
How many efforts are there in attaining some goal? How many goals are worth a lot of
effort? Apparently this goal tops all goals because Jesus said to pull out all the stops. I see from the text that missing this narrow door results in being “thrown out” of God’s kingdom. So how narrow is this door? Isn’t narrow thinking socially and intellectually incorrect?
Luke 12:1-12
I’ve skipped over some bold and pretty judgmental teaching of Jesus, but I’ll refer to that in today’s message. More hard teaching occurs in this text, but some mind-blowing promises await those who don’t need the hard teaching because they have moved away from the fringes and taken risky steps toward Christ. All investments have risk. That’s what they are.
Luke 11:1-13
For many of us prayer is hard to do consistently. Then, when we need it
the most, it’s like prayer has left the building. What did Jesus say and do
here that would help my prayer life? Lord, would you teach me to pray?
Really!!
Luke 9:51-10:24
There is no one who wants peace more than a military person. After all, it’s his or her life that is on the line here. We honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and
we learn from their example and training. We sing about being Christian soldiers and how like a mighty army moves the church of God. God’s church did move just like that in this text and the results were phenomenal. But the bar for training was set pretty high.