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.
In the Proverbs, two women invite us to dine with them and embrace them, Lady Wisdom and Woman Folly.
To be ready for Jesus’ coming, we need to be doing what he has already told us to do.
There is a word that runs through Jesus' farewell discourse and appears eleven times in John 15:1-17 in one form or another. It can...