LIVE@5 - Monday, March 21, 2022 Luke 17:20–37 (NKJV) Jesus diverts slightly from His teachings on what was lost and true discipleship to discuss the goal of life: to be ready when He comes! 20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, … Continue reading The Second Coming
Jerusalem Day One
After we arrived in Tel Aviv on Thursday morning, we traveled toward Jerusalem, stopping at various museums, including one with a scale model of the city in the Second Century, complete with the Herodian temple. We also went to a museum with relics from throughout history helping demonstrate the way life changed throughout the Bible … Continue reading Jerusalem Day One
The “Rich” and the “Poor”
Luke 16:19–31 (NKJV) In this passage of Scripture, Jesus discusses the plight of two men who take very different paths and find very different circumstances once they face eternity. He uses their stories to explain the true path to eternal reward. 19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine … Continue reading The “Rich” and the “Poor”
The Law Presides
Live@5 - Thursday, March 17, 2022 Luke 16:14–18 (NKJV) Jesus addresses the Pharisees regarding their love of money, among other things, in this additional follow-up to the parable of the unjust steward earlier in the chapter. 14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him. 15 … Continue reading The Law Presides
How to do Business Rightly
Luke 16:1–13 (NKJV) In this passage, Jesus uses a parable of an unjust steward who is about to lose his job. In the exit process, he negotiates with his master's debtors in order to win favor and perhaps find favor or even another job for after he is no longer employed by his master. 16:1 … Continue reading How to do Business Rightly
Prodigal Living
Luke 15:11–32 (NKJV) This passage contains the story of the Prodigal Son, which could just as easily be called the Parable of the Lost Son, a complement to the preceding passages in Luke 15 concerning the lost sheep and the lost coin. Here, the lost thing cannot be found by searching, but rather must be … Continue reading Prodigal Living
Finding What Was Lost
Luke 15:1–10 (NKJV) In these two brief passages, Jesus uses two parables to teach the joy and blessing of finding things that were lost. He alludes to a sheep and a coin as items that a man and a woman lost, and the joy that came when they were located. 15:1 Then all the tax … Continue reading Finding What Was Lost
True Discipleship
LIVE@5 - Friday, March 11, 2022 Luke 14:15–35 (NKJV) Jesus here follows up His teaching on humility and hospitality from the previous passage with a parable of a gracious host who invited "unusual" guests to His banquet. 15 Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said … Continue reading True Discipleship
Humility & Hospitality
LIVE@5 - Thursday, March 10, 2022 Luke 14:7–14 (NKJV) Jesus is a guest at a banquet, and offers advice to the guests and the host that could help them with the social graces, but also with their spiritual lives as well. He teaches them how to be humble in order to be exalted, and then … Continue reading Humility & Hospitality
The Value of Humanity
LIVE@5 - Wednesday, March 9, 2022 Luke 14:1–6 (NKJV) Jesus uses a healing opportunity to teach a lesson on the value of humanity. 14 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely. 2 And behold, … Continue reading The Value of Humanity
Devoted To You 