This week read Luke 18 & 19 As we read through Luke each week there will be two devotions focusing on particular passages. Click here to read past devotions. Focus Point: Reading Luke, Not Matthew (Luke 19:11-27) We often read this story in correlation with Matthew’s story of the talents (25:14-30), but there are key differences. […]
Read more "Beyond #21 (Luke 18&19)"This week read Luke 18 & 19 As we read through Luke each week there will be two devotions focusing on particular passages. Click here to read past devotions. Focus Point: Holier than… (Luke 18:9-14) “To some who were confident in their own righteousness… (v9)” The word for confident also occurs in Luke 11:22. In that […]
Read more "Beyond #20 (Luke 18&19)"This week read Luke 16&17 As we read through Luke each week there will be two devotions focusing on particular passages. Click here to read past devotions. Focus Point: Jewelry (Luke 17:1-2) There were multiple types of millstones. Smaller stones for each household, large stones used by the whole community. With some, the stones were perpendicular […]
Read more "Beyond #19 (Luke 16&17)"This week read Luke 16&17 As we read through Luke each week there will be two devotions focusing on particular passages. Click here to read past devotions. Focus Point: How does this Fit? (Luke 16:14-18) Chapter 16 is bookended by a pair of parables about money. So these verses feel out of place. Especially verse 18. […]
Read more "Beyond #18 (Luke 16&17)"Spring is finally arriving – in more ways than one. The past six months at Chandler have been difficult. Multiple couples left our church. While I suspect there are many reasons, theological was the reason most often given. For me, the church started to feel dark and cold, as I bounced from one struggle to […]
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