Category: Luke
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The Mercy Rule (Matthew 5:7; Luke 10:30-37; Matthew 18:21-35)
Mercy is not just feeling sorry for someone with your heart. It’s actively doing something with your hands.
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Day 284: How Many Times Did a Woman Anoint Jesus? (Luke 7:36-50)
All four Gospels record a woman anointing Jesus with costly perfume. Are they describing the same event, or more than one? This reflection traces the differences between Luke’s “woman of the city,” Mary of Bethany, and the unnamed woman in Matthew and Mark—and what their stories reveal about grace that multiplies.
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Day 280: Whose Faith Did Jesus See? (Mark 2:3-12)
When Jesus healed the paralytic, He saw their faith—the faith of the friends who carried, climbed, and refused to give up. Maybe your faith can carry someone to Jesus, too.
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Day 278: Until an Opportune Time (Luke 4:13)
The devil left Jesus in the wilderness—but only “until an opportune time.” Temptation has a way of returning when we are tired, stressed, lonely, or vulnerable. Knowing our opportune times can help us stay alert—and remember that Jesus has faced the tempter too.
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Blessing Begins With Brokenness (Matthew 5:3; Luke 18:9-14)
Part 1 of BLESSEDR: A Study of the Beatitudes. Jesus begins in a radical way: Blessing begins when we admit we are broken.
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Rejoicing and Rejection on the Way to Jerusalem
Palm Sunday looked like a parade—crowds cheering, cloaks on the road, voices lifted in praise. But not everyone in the crowd understood what they were celebrating. Their praise was real… but their understanding was incomplete. As Jesus looked over the city, He wept—not because they rejected Him, but because they missed the peace He came…