http://besquared.org/luke A little experiement in virtual Bible Study... Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:58:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today's Text Here are a few insights from Tom (N.T.) Wright about this text. Pull a coin out of your pocket and look at it. What does it tell you? I don't mean, how rich does it say you are. Nor am I thinking about the actual words that are engraved on it. ... http://besquared.org/luke/2007/08/07/luke-718-35-a-thought-from-tom/ Today's Text Tom Wright (N.T.) has a wonderful little thing on this text that I plan to scan in and share with everyone. But until then I will comment on one little sub point. C.S. Lewis uses this text to talk about temperance. (Or at least that part at the ... http://besquared.org/luke/2007/08/07/luke-718-35/ Today's Text Okay, so lets notice one thing off the top. There is no mention of faith in this text. In the last text we saw the amazing and confident faith of the centurion and were reminded that Jesus is establishing new criteria for belonging. In this text ... http://besquared.org/luke/2007/08/03/luke-711-17-locals-and-compassion/ Today's Text This is a healing story of course. It shows the power of Jesus over the world and how that power is expressed in just just cosmic but also personal ways. So lets assume that we all recognize that. I notice two other things. This story ... http://besquared.org/luke/2007/08/01/luke-71-10-foreigners-and-faith/ Today’s Text We come to the sermon on the plain. This text is in rough parallel to the Sermon on the Mount in Matthews Gospel. However I think there is good reason to assume that these are different events. There are plenty of wise critics who would argue ... http://besquared.org/luke/2007/07/30/luke-617-49-sermon-on-the-plain/ Today's Text Some of you may have heard me talk before about how our imagination is hurt by the language "The Twelve Disciples." If you read the text you will see that this is an unhelpful picture. There were many more than twelve disciples. Even the language of ... http://besquared.org/luke/2007/07/26/luke-612-16-disciples-and-apostles/ Today's Text Before we talk about this text in detail, let's make sure that we haven't lost sight of the forest for the trees. Since the encounter at his hometown, we can see that Jesus is in a growing controversy with the leaders of the day. He still draws ... http://besquared.org/luke/2007/07/24/luke-66-10-to-save-or-destroy/ Today's Text If you have questions about Sabbath and what all is going on there, you can ask. I'll focus on one little snippet. Barclay in his classic little companion highlights the question Jesus asked, "have you not read...?" He points out that of course they had read it. ... http://besquared.org/luke/2007/07/24/luke-61-5-have-you-read/ Today's Text I love this gospel. I keep waiting for the text that is lame and boring and doesn't make we want to begin by saying, "This is a great text. There is so much great stuff to talk about." This week isn't is it. So let's get started. This ... http://besquared.org/luke/2007/07/19/luke-527-39-new-moonshine-and-old-bottles/ Today's Text This is a great story. There is so much that is wonderful about this story. I will probably bounce a around and touch a on a few things and then settle in on how we prove a spiritual reality. For starters, notice that this is just one ... http://besquared.org/luke/2007/07/16/luke-517-26-so-that-you-may-know/