Month: <span>January 2016</span>

Luke 17-18 points to the opposition Jesus faced from the Pharisees. Jesus used their erroneous, selfish point of view as a foil for instructing His followers about the characteristics of…

As Jesus’ popularity grew, so did the opposition He received from the contemporary Jewish leadership (Luke 12:1; 14:7-14; 18:9-14). Jesus opposed the Pharisees’ selfishness and used His debates with them…

In Luke 9:51-19:40 the author recounted Jesus’ teaching as He approached Jerusalem for the last time. Of all the controversies surrounding Jesus’ ministry, none surpassed the discontinuity between Jesus and…

Luke was a skilled and organized writer. He reported the events of Jesus’ life with clarity and sophistication. In Luke 11-12, Luke noted how Jesus used the Old Testament autobiographically…

Jesus’ mission in Luke 9-10 revealed that as He turned His attention toward Jerusalem, He did so in light of the record of redemptive history in the Old Testament. He…

At the outset of his Gospel, Luke told Theophilus that after investigating the matters thoroughly, he set out to write an orderly account of the things that Jesus said and…

Luke’s account of Jesus’ early Galilean ministry established Jesus as a uniquely powerful and controversial figure. Jesus placed a premium on mercy, not the traditions of the Pharisees. Something new…

Luke opened his Gospel in a scholarly fashion. In Luke 1:1-4, he told Theophilus that he used sources and did research to present an orderly account of Jesus’ life and…

The first two chapters of the Gospel of Luke are an orchestral arrangement of witnesses proclaiming that the promises and hopes of the Old Testament pointed in the direction of…