Today's reading included Luke 6:27-36. In this section Jesus tells his disciples what he apparently later said to his wider listeners in other gospel accounts. It is part of His plan for the flourishing of human life and the glorification of His Father. Here is how it reads in Luke in the NIV translation of the Bible: 27"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemi...

The temptation of Jesus. I've read this passage (Luke 4:1-13) several times. It's a great reminder that because Jesus, fully man, was able to resist the temptations from Satan, so can we. And that because He walked through it, just like we do, we have a God, a father, that can completely sympathize with everything we will ever be tempted by.But this time reading and thinki...

Luke 2 captures the only moment we know of Jesus' childhood outside of the birth narrative. At age 12 he was in his last year before preparing to enter into the Jewish religious customs as an adult and yet something striking happens. He ends up in his heavenly Father's house, the temple, and is literally blowing the teachers' minds with his questions understanding. Keepi...