Luke Chapter 14

We have three themes emerging from today's chapter; the importance of humility, the preference for the marginalised, and the cost of being a disciple. In one of the parables, Jesus describes a man hosting a great supper. Come the time to eat, when everything is prepared and ready, all of the people that he invited…

Luke Chapter 13

Have I got faith? I'm not sure but I think so. I have spent a long time diffusing the question and burying it under things I don't believe in

Luke Chapter 6: Part 1

This is a huge chapter. I don't mean size - although it is pretty long. I mean in terms of what is said. There are some big issues here. Once I started writing, it became clear that I might have to split this one in two... It begins with the account of Jesus discussing the…

Mark Chapter 10

Another long chapter - they seem to be getting longer! The chapter begins with Jesus' hard line against divorce. I see it partially as a statement of the sanctity of marriage, but as much a condemnation of religious authorities attempts to legislate away from the spirit of God's teaching. In my view it is not…