KINGDOM OF GOD
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Daily Readings: 2 Peter 3 and Psalm 47 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief … 11 … (so) what kind of
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Daily Readings: Luke 16 and Psalm 32 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us. Jesus’ parable about the unnamed rich man and the beggar named
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Daily Reading: Luke 13 and Psalm 29 20 Again he asked, ‘What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? 21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about thirty kilograms of flour until it worked all through the dough.’ When yeast is added to water and flour to create dough, it consumes the sugars
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Daily Readings: Luke 8 and Psalm 24 It would be very easy to gloss over the opening verses of Luke 8. They stand in the shadows of Jesus’ very dramatic ministry. Jesus has just performed incredible miracles. He has healed the centurion’s son (7:1-10), raised a widow’s only son from the dead (7:11-17), and when
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Daily Readings: Luke 6 and Psalm 22 Jesus’ ministry had really just begun, but already He was drawing massive crowds as word of His miracles spread. Luke reports that “the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all” (v.19). I’m sure there were those who eagerly expected
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After months in the epistles, our reading plan loops back to Luke’s Gospel today and we re-centre ourselves on where this Good News of Jesus all began. Luke, a medical doctor and a very systematic man, wrote his Gospel as an orderly account of the events of Jesus’ life and ministry. He aimed to help
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