Luke’s Gospel addresses the real economic and social conditions of our lives. At Chapter 6, v20 he recounts Jesus saying, “Blessed are you who are poor.” Luke sees the poor as those who are dependent on God. They trust that God knows their needs and will provide. Their joy is the hope in God’s promise […]
Author: Joe Galloway
The Gospel Calls Us to Live Differently
The Gospel calls us to live life differently. We see an example of that in Luke 5:11 where Jesus calls Peter, James, John, and Andrew to follow Him, to make them fishers of men. They dropped their nets and did just that. They left everything to follow him. They lived their lives differently from that […]
the Presentation
This Sunday we celebrated the Presentation of the Lord. We read about it in chapter 2 of Luke’s Gospel where Mary and Joseph bring Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem for the presentation, to consecrate their first born to God. Good Jews, they were being obedient to the Mosaic law. Can you envision the scene? […]
When One Suffers – All Suffer
This past Sunday we read in 1 Corinthians 12: 26 that when one part of our body suffers, all of the body suffers. Am I living that out now. I’m suffering from a sinus infection. My nasal passages are jammed up. My eyes are puffy. And so my entire body drags through the day. This […]
Filled with Expectation
People had high expectations of John as he baptized them. We read in Luke 3:15, “Now the people were filled with expectation.” What are your expectations of God, the church, yourself? What are your hopes for this new year? May I suggest – transformation. We see in that passage in Luke 3 how the Holy […]