Browsing Category: Bible Thought

ECCLESIASTES                 Today is a detour from the Gospel of Saint Luke.  Reading Luke one chapter at a time and trying to break it down into thoughts, I needed a break and redirection.  For this, I went back to one of my favorite books in the Old Testament: Ecclesiastes.                 For Ecclesiastes, I’m not breaking […]

LUKE 10                 Luke 10 begins with Jesus appointing seventy-two disciples and sending them out to begin preaching and serving God.  He tells them, “Go: Behold I send you as lambs among the wolves,” and instructs his disciples to extend good will and blessings to all they encounter.  If accepted, the blessings will remain with […]

LUKE 7, LUKE 8                 In Luke 7, Jesus continues to travel and heal the sick.  In Capharnaum, Jesus is led to a Roman Centurion who has been good to the Israelites.  When Jesus arrives, the centurion sent messengers to Jesus as he neared the centurion’s home, “Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not […]

LUKE 6                 Luke 6 begins with Jesus and his disciples being questioned for gathering food to eat, and for performing acts on the Sabbath.  As Jesus begins to fulfill his purpose on earth, those in established and, judging, positions become more intent on detecting and admonishing faults and his breakings of holy commandments.   […]

LUKE 5                 Luke 5 begins with Jesus calling his first disciples.  The first disciple is Simon Peter.  Jesus joins Simon Peter in his boat and, after a full night of unfruitful fishing, Jesus tells Simon to “Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.”                 Simon answers with skepticism, […]

LUKE 3, LUKE 4                 Luke 3 speaks of Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, in the desert foreshadowing the revelation of Jesus as the son of God to the greater masses of men.  John speaks, “I indeed baptize you with water; but there shall come one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I […]

LUKE 2                 Luke 2 tells of the birth of Jesus.  It begins with the mandatory census that would enroll all people within the Roman Kingdom, and it was the reason Joseph, Mary, and Jesus were traveling to Bethlehem.                  Jesus was born in a manger and wrapped in swaddling cloth “because there was no […]

LUKE 1                 I’m starting something new today.  I read a lot of books, pull thoughts and share quotes as I do, but I’ve never really done that with the Bible.  Today, I want to start.  Sometimes, fretting over where and now to start something impedes us from the only thing beginning something new requires: […]