Luke 11:27-36Hear the Word and Keep It In this week’s passage, Jesus spoke to the crowds who came out to see and hear him but who did not respond rightly. He corrected a woman who focused on his mother, and he called the crowd an evil generation that would be condemned at the judgment by...
Luke 11:14-26Opposition to Jesus As usual, I read this week’s verses while drinking my early morning coffee on Sunday. I wondered what Pastor Dave would do with this confusing passage. Later, as I listened to his sermon, I was thankful for probably the thousandth time for the outstanding...
Luke 11:1-13The Lord’s Prayer Pastor Dave taught that what we call the Lord’s Prayer are not words to recite, divorced from their meaning. Jesus teaches us how to place our minds and hearts in a humble posture of prayer. Our Father in heaven We are sinful creatures, and yet we have...