But I tell you, my friends, don’t fear those who kill the body and afterwards can do nothing more. I will show you whom to fear. Fear the one who after killing you has the authority to throw you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear that one. Five sparrows are sold for two copper…[read more]
When he had left there, the scribes and Pharisees formed a deep resentment against him. They began to draw him out on many issues, lying in wait to trap him in something he might say. Luke 11: 53-4 In the film Network, his 1976 satire of American media, the screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky portrays how a…[read more]
“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]
Didn’t the one who made the outside also make the inside? So instead, give that which is inside as alms. Luke 11: 40-41 Yesterday I was in communication with a former student who has spent his life’s work in education, as a teacher and researcher. We had asked him to reflect on the influence on…[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]
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