I would like to take a brief look at Luke as a whole. When I work on a puzzle I often find it useful to take a good look at the whole picture before I examine the individual pieces. By doing this I feel comfortable working on a small section; the larger picture helps me understand the smaller parts. Reading the bible is somewhat similar. If you want to understand a passage getting a good look at the context of… Read more

I have often heard the question asked “could God create a rock so heavy he himself could not lift it” or more recently “could God create a burrito so hot he could not eat it”… there are potentially millions of these examples.Today I would like to answer these questions for you.First: we should get our terminology right. I am a theist so what God means to me is a being which is outside of the universe, who created the universe…. Read more

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!σήμερον εὐχαριστῶ διά ὑμῖν – I give thanks this day because of you!In greek the word for “give thanks” is εὐχαριστῶ (Eucharistéō ). It is from this word that we get the word Eucharist.You can see where we get it in the passages below:For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you,that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks (eucharistéō), He broke it… Read more

This week we have been examining the Lord’s Supper from a number of angles. In dealing with every Biblical text we must recognize that we do not have the original autographs of any of the books we have. What we have is a collection of manuscripts which never agree with one another 100%. Most of the variants are insignificant and deal primarily with simple scribal errors in the process of copying. However the “words of institution” do contain a variant… Read more

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You may have noticed that while we went through FOUR accounts of the words of institution we only covered THREE of the four Gospels! What is blue blazes is going on here!! Don’t worry all ye who love John. Although the fourth Gospel does not include the “words of institution” it does include a passage very much worth talking about.Check out John 6:22-59. The passage is pretty long so I’m not going to post the whole thing here. But in… Read more

The Christian religion is made up of many sects, denominations, and churches. One of the themes that you will find in almost all of the is a celebration of the “Lord’s Supper.” The “Lord’s Supper” was instituted by Jesus during his last meal with his disciples before his execution. In the gospels we have 4 accounts of the words of institution (Matt 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:15-20; and also 1 Cor 11:23-26.) Each of them is a little bit different…. Read more

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“Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.”— Jer 9:1Jeremiah is known as the “weeping prophet.” A theme of tears seems to follow him wherever he goes. Jeremiah cries out for his people, for their coming destruction, as a call for moral reform, and over the destruction that eventually does lay waste to Jerusalem. Christians throughout the history of… Read more

14The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this is the name by which it will be called: “The Lord… Read more