The gospel of Luke opened with a prediction of coming joy. In this passage as the gospel closes we see this fulfilled. The followers...
In this passage we watch, along with others, as Jesus breaths his last and dies on the cross. We witness their various responses to...
As we pick up Luke’s story, we find Jesus is in custody, having been arrested on the Mount of Olives. What becomes abundantly clear...
In this passage we watch as Peter, one of Jesus’ closest disciples, denies being with Jesus three times. This failure devastates Peter...
In this passage we join Jesus and his disciples on the Mount of Olives just as a crowd approaches to arrest Jesus. Darkness has...
In this text, Jesus leads his disciples from the upper room to their usual spot on the Mount of Olives. He calls them to pray and then...
Still at the table with his disciples, Jesus shares some sobering words. A spiritual enemy is gunning for them, they will all falter...
In these verses we once more join Jesus and his disciples as they sit at the table where they’ve just enjoyed the Passover meal...
In this text we encounter a tragic story, that of Judas, one of the Twelve, rejecting Jesus and conspiring with Jesus’ enemies to...
Just hours before he will go to the cross, Jesus warns his disciples about falling into the behaviours of the teachers of the law....
Having been confronted with question after question from his opponents, in these verses the script flips and Jesus poses a question to...
In this passage, we watch as a new group of opponents confront Jesus with a question with which they intend to ridicule the very idea...
Now in Jerusalem, Jesus is closely watched by the religious leadership who desperately want to remove him from the scene. His...
In these two sections of Luke’s gospel, we witness the “disruptive presence” of Jesus in Jerusalem and the temple. Simply ignoring him...
Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem draws to its close. This last leg of the journey, and his arrival in the capital city and temple, reveals...
Immediately on the heals of the Zacchaeus story, Jesus shares a parable with those gathered around him in Jericho. What would have run...
This familiar story about Zacchaeus is far more than just a great story for children. In it we are reminded of the fact that the...
It is easy to come to Jesus with wrong expectations, failing to see our real problem and wanting from him things of secondary...
