Ephesians 4:11–16. Discipleship is essentially this, “I’m just a beggar telling another beggar where to find bread.” Discipling someone else means that I’m trying to help them grow in their faith and to move a bit further down the road toward living a life that points to Jesus.
Read MoreLuke 24:1–10. There is no middle ground. Christians are not just weird. We are either to be pitied, or we are right.
Read MoreLuke 23:26–49. Don’t run past the death of Jesus. Don’t miss Jesus’s mission. See the grotesqueness of our sin in light of a Savior on the cross. Know that Jesus is for you, even to your end. And come wanting more—for his death leaves us wanting and needing hope.
Read MoreLuke 9:51; 19:28–41. Jesus knew where his ministry was going to end up, and what it would look like. There was no happenstance, no mistakes, no moments where Jesus was taken aback by what occurred. He knew where he was headed, the path it would take, and the cost of that moment.
Read MoreLuke 18:15–19:10. Have you made your receiving of the kingdom of God too complicated? Do you think there are countless books to read, confessions to memorize, nuanced theological points that you need to have settled before you can have faith in Jesus?
Read MoreLuke 19:20–37. Jesus will be returning, and his return will be much different than his first coming. Jesus will come back in a spectacular way, suddenly, and bring separation.
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