While attending a meal with religious leaders in Luke 14:1-24, Jesus broke with social norms and caused multiple disruptions. His goal was not to offend but to instruct, first about the use of the Sabbath day and then about the kingdom of God, which he compared to a great banquet. At the end of the parable, the invitation is still going out, so let’s enter while there is room.
Probably the most difficult of Jesus' commands is for his disciples to love our enemies, following what he already did for his enemies to...
In Daniel 1, four teenagers show us how to be faithful when we are pressured to conform to the world around us.
In response to all of God‘s mercies described in the first 11 chapters, we are to present our bodies and be renewed in our...
