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.
From prison, John the Baptist sent to ask Jesus if he was the coming one. Jesus answered by demonstrating that in the kingdom of...
In one of Jesus’ most famous parables, he taught us that the only proper response to a son being dead and coming to life...
God has always been with his people, in various ways and temporarily in Old Testament times and later and permanently in human flesh.
