Matthew 18:15-35 Repentance and forgiveness… Which is easier, to repent or to forgive? Maybe a better question is – which is harder? And where am I, where are you, on repentance and forgiveness? Repentance and forgiveness… I’m trying to think of any bigger item between us and God than repentance – our need for sincere, …
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April 14 / Luke 16:1-31
Luke 16:1-31 I know that I’ve been talking a lot about my brother, Ron, the past two days, but the readings fully related to him and his situation. So again today we read in verse 28 that the rich man had five brothers and that he was concerned for their future welfare. I also have …
April 13 / Luke 15:11-32
Luke 15:11-32 Yesterday, in reading the parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin I spoke about Carol and me “finding” my brother, Ron, after his three-year absence from the family. I did not know that we would be reading the parable of the Prodigal Son the next day, another parable that had serious …
April 12 / Matt. 18:10-14, Luke 15:1-10
Matthew 18:10-14 and Luke 15:1-10 Today as I read these parables of “the lost” I thought of my own brothers and sisters. I have seven still living; all but two of them profess Christ – and exhibit their love for Him in various ways. And of the other two, Dick and Ron, Carol and I …
April 11 / Luke 14:15-35
Luke 14:15-35 It’s interesting to weave today’s two separate sections into one. That is, the first ten verses talk about the great banquet, where those who were initially invited made excuses for not attending and were then excluded from the banquet altogether, while …the poor and crippled and blind and lame… enjoyed the feast. The …
April 10 / Luke 14:1-14
Luke 14:1-14 I am intrigued by the “parable of the great banquet” at the end of today’s reading. Most of us have friends who are in the same “social standing”. Incomes may differ dramatically, but we find common ground with our race, religion, nationality, etc. Frankly, for many of us, our church is our social …
April 9 / Luke 13:22-35
Luke 13:22-35 In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves cast out. And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom …
April 8 / Luke 13:1-17
Luke 13:1-17 The vinedresser speaking: And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’ (vv. 8-9) I was thinking of this manure (fertilizer) application around …
April 7 / Luke 12:35-59
Luke 12:35-59 A short post today, and nothing heavy… Early this afternoon Carol and I are catching an auto-train, going from Northern Virginia to Florida – a new experience for us! He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And …
April 6 / Luke 12:1-21
Luke 12:1-21 In the meantime, when so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, He began to say to His disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. (v. 1) Luke seems to be writing his gospel in chronological fashion. The NASB has “Under these …