Yesterday, we started looking at the story of Jesus at Simon’s house in Capernaum, where a “woman of ill repute” poured perfume on his feet and wiped them with her hair. (You need to read that post before beginning today’s. ) After Jesus’ parable about the man who had been forgiven a great debt vs… Continue reading An awkward-turtle moment in Capernaum – part 2 (Luke 7:34-50)

Are you familiar with the awkward turtle? If you’re over 40, you’re probably not. At 43, I’m technically too old to know about it, but for more than a decade I was a pastor to young adults. Keeps me young. And well-informed when it comes to useless information about youth culture. And one of the more useless… Continue reading An awkward-turtle moment in Capernaum – part 1 (Luke 7:34-50)

The next story in Luke chapter 7 flows out of yesterday’s dialogue between Jesus and the disciples of John the Baptist. You’ll remember that John sent them to check whether he had it right – that Jesus was indeed bringing in the kingdom, since there was still…ahem…one prisoner, Mr. Jesus, who had not been released. What’s going… Continue reading John, Jesus, and the Jews (Luke 7:24-35)

Continuing our series in Luke chapter 7, the next story is another healing one: 7:11-12 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she… Continue reading One Prophet to Another (Luke 7:11-23)

Today we begin a series in Luke chapter 7. And the first story in the chapter is about Jesus doing a favour for a Roman centurion, whose faith Jesus commends in the strongest possible terms: 7:9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I… Continue reading The Centurion’s Faith (Luke 7:1-10)