Luke 1:39-56Responses to the Message Pastor Dave’s sermon this week continued the theme of “compare and contrast.” As for comparing, Elizabeth and Mary both received confirmation of what the angel Gabriel had said. Fetal John the Baptist leapt in Elizabeth’s womb at the...
Luke 1:5-25Birth of John the Baptist Foretold Luke recounts the foretelling of John the Baptist’s birth (vv5-25) alongside the foretelling of Jesus’ birth (vv26-38), inviting us to compare the two events. The similarities emphasize the consistent ways in which God operates. The...
Luke 1:1-4Introduction We have finished our study of Kings in the Old Testament and turned our attention to Luke in the New, but it’s not the case that we are shifting gears completely. Pastor Dave emphasized that both are parts of the same redemptive story. Kings told us the “bad...