Tag: gospel of Luke
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Reflecting on Luke 5 1-11
Simon does a favor for Jesus with his fishing boat, then experiences the catch of a lifetime, then leaves everything and follows Jesus, in Luke 5:1-11, the text we are studying for Sunday, January 10. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are some questions we might want to think about: When we read…
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Studying Luke 5 1-11
Jesus shows up and changes the lives of Simon, James and John dramatically in Luke 5:1-11, the text we are studying for Sunday, January 10. I usually think of this as Luke’s version of “calling the disciples,” but we may want to ask ourselves whether that’s accurate. [Some questions on the text are here.] Here…
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Reflecting on Luke 4 14-22
We are studying Luke 4:14-22, Jesus’s announcement of his mission, for Sunday, January 3. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are some questions we might want to consider or discuss: In v14, Luke specifically tells us that Jesus is “filled with the power of the Spirit.” The similar idea of the Spirit of…
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Studying Luke 4 14-22
We are studying Luke 4:14-22, Jesus’s Torah commentary in the synagogue in Nazareth, for Sunday, January 3. Our designated verses stop short of Luke’s record of the controversy Jesus’s appearance in Nazareth generates; if we want to look at that, too, we’ll need to read through the end of the chapter. [Some questions on the…
Matters of Interpretation 