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August 27, 2014
by julie
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Love your enemies.

So, following up on the two categories of people in the beatitudes,  in Luke 6:27-36 Jesus turns His attention exclusively to “you who listen.”  The true prophets, the poor, the slandered.  And what response does He say to make to … Continue reading

August 17, 2014
by julie
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The business of Jesus.

Luke 5:29-39 is full of many hard sayings!  Three, I think: first, that Jesus didn’t come to call the righteous (v 32); second, that the disciples of Christ shouldn’t fast until He is gone (v. 35); and third, that you … Continue reading

August 15, 2014
by julie
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Lord, You can make me clean.

Luke 5:12-26 has two accounts of Jesus healing people, and it makes very clear that there were two kinds of healing Jesus was doing: physical and spiritual. The plea of the leper struck me especially tonight: he falls facedown and … Continue reading