One of the most familiar of Jesus’ parables is the Good Samaritan, found only in Luke 10:25-37. Jesus told the parable in a conversation with an expert in the law about how to have eternal life. While the parable’s story line is simple and memorable, it includes twists that turn the whole conversation on its head. Jesus opened the way to eternal life, although it wasn’t quite the way that the expert in the law or anyone else expected.
To start the year, we are studying Peter’s first letter by beginning with I Peter 1:1-2. In each section, we will see how he...
We concluded our series with I Peter 5:1-14, in which Peter described the three ways in which God cares for his people: through the...
In another dispute with his people in Malachi 3:6-12, God gave his people of that day a lesson in generosity, which Christians need to...