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.
The personal letter Paul wrote to Philemon contains a beautiful picture of redemption through the work of Christ.
While Peter correctly identified Jesus as God's Anointed, the disciples still had much to learn about the Anointed's work and what it means to...
Christian thinking is thinking like Jesus, especially as seen in his becoming one of us to die on the cross.
