In Luke 22:24–30, Jesus’ disciples are arguing. Not about theology. Not about miracles. They’re debating who’s the greatest. We tend to roll our eyes and think, “How immature. They’re just being petty.” But maybe they weren’t. After all, they’d spent years with Jesus. They had seen him call on different people for different moments. Peter […]
In Luke 4 when Jesus reads Isaiah 61 in Nazareth and says “Today this is fulfilled,” he confronts our desire for glory without a cross. Isaiah’s promise isn’t favoritism; it’s about taking on a life of justice, loving neighbor, and embarrassingly foolish mercy that God causes to spring up before all nations. Isaiah 61 in
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Isaiah 5:1–7 paints a vivid picture: God as a vineyard owner who pours time, care, and love into planting, protecting, and nurturing His vineyard only to find it producing wild, bitter grapes. At first glance, this reads like a story of disappointment turning into judgment. God expected sweetness and found bitterness, so He removes the
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Evil and corruption seem to be the result of chaos and chaos brings more evil and corruption. On the other hand, goodness seems to be the result of order and order seems to lead the way to more goodness. Order Leads To Disorder Isaiah opens his prophetic book with a blunt truth: God’s people have
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Is it all really vanity? It could be but it doesn’t have to be. Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem, applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven;
