Luke 14:1-6 Let’s continue to remember to pray for Jim and Marty. We had a phone and Internet disconnect this past Monday, with only spotty Personal HotSpot connections for the entire week. So my Internet posts and e-mail notes have been challenged and have been, at worst, only delayed. We are now again hooked up …
Category Archives: RTB 2019 – Gospels – Notice What You Notice
July 18 / Luke 13:22-35
Luke 13:22-35 Let’s continue to remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” Just two days ago I commented on Jesus saying the exact same words twice in one setting. Today He has done it again, with a scary thought for many Christians: I do not know where you come from. (v. …
July 17 / Luke 13:10-17
Luke 13:10-17 Let’s continue to remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” …all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced… (v. 17) It would be nice sometime to go through all the Gospels and find each occasion where Jesus “violated” the Sabbath. It’s clear that on each …
July 16 / Luke 13:1-9
Luke 13:1-9 “Notice what you notice.” Intriguing to me – Jesus says the same exact words twice: No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. (vv. 3, 5) Offhand I cannot recall any other section where Jesus repeats Himself, word for word, one sentence closely following another, in the same …
July 15 / Luke 12:54-59
Luke 12:54-59 “Notice what you notice.” Today, judging and judgment… A number of translations (NKJV, NASB) use the word “judge” in today’s first paragraph. Others (ESV, NIV) use the word “interpret”. I’m guessing that the Hebrew or Aramaic or Greek had only one word for both meanings. Here, however, I think “interpret” is a better …
July 14 / Luke 12:49-53
Luke 12:49-53 “Notice what you notice.” I tend to like symmetry and balance. So today’s last verse threw me a bit. Jesus is talking about creating division and he mentions three within a family: father and son, mother and daughter, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. So immediately I’m wondering, what about father-in-law and son-in-law. Then I remember …
July 13 / Luke 12:35-48
Luke 12:35-48 “Notice what you notice.” Two items of note today… First, …he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them. (v. 37b) I found it strange that the master would be waiting on the slaves, especially since the master was just returning …
July 12 / Luke 12:13-21
Luke 12:13-21 “Notice what you notice.” Today’s parable hearkens back to discussions within our Men’s Group about our own finances. All of us have been the primary “bread-winners” in our home. And over time we have tried to be good stewards of our finances, including our retirement income. Now most of us are retired or …
July 11 / Luke 12:1-12
Luke 12:1-12 “Notice what you notice.” I’ve never been called before the rulers or authorities (vv. 11-12). In my time teaching at EKU I would often quote Scripture – in the context of the lecture – but never got called out for it by any students. It probably would have been different if I had …
July 10 / Luke 11:45-54
Luke 11:45-54 “Notice what you notice.” The lawyer (scribe) could have just sat there watching Jesus denounce the Pharisees. But he had to join in, somehow feeling the same rebuke – which he then got, full force! I’m confused about Jesus’ comment …that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the …