“But woe to you Pharisees! You love the front seats in synagogues and greetings in the market places. Woe to you! You are like secret graves over which people stroll unaware. . . . Woe to you lawyers! You pile loads on people that are hard to carry, and yourselves do not touch the burdens…[read more]
Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are children not of the slave woman but of the freeborn woman. For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. Gal. 4:31-5:1 In Western culture, and, as we well know most powerfully in American culture, there is a pervasive…[read more]
But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul the ruler of demons.” Others put him to the test by asking him a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts. He said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, with household against household.” Luke 11: 15-17 The episode related in…[read more]
So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. The one who seeks finds. The one who knocks will have the door opened. Luke 11: 9-10 For us who live in a…[read more]
He was in a certain spot praying. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them: “Whenever you pray, say, “Father, may your name be holy! May your kingdom come! Give to us every day the bread we need!…[read more]
But Martha was overwhelmed by so much serving. She came up and said, “Lord, does it not concern you that my sister left me alone to serve? Tell her to help me!” The Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled by many things. But there is need for only one. Mary chose…[read more]
By chance a certain priest was travelling down that same road. He saw the man but passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite came to the spot, saw him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan traveling on the road came up to him. He saw him and…[read more]
Look therefore to how you hear! Whoever has will receive. Whoever does not have will be deprived even of what one thinks one has. Luke 8: 18 I led a worldly life from the age of fourteen or fifteen until the age of nineteen when, after powerfully being put in my place, I turned toward…[read more]
The twelve were with him, and certain women who had been healed from evil spirits and sicknesses. Mary, who was called Magdalene, had seven demons depart from her. There were also Joanna the wife of Chusa–an administrator for Herod–and Susanna, and many others. These women were supporting them from their own possessions. Luke 8: 1-3…[read more]
For I am the least of the Apostles, not fit to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective. 1 Cor 15: 9-10 Turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do…[read more]
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