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Parables a a bit like a riddle - kind of mysterious and not easy to understand on first listening. Why did Jesus use parables so much in His teaching - didn't He want everybody to quickly understand what He was teaching?
Today we talk about an activity that might, on the surface, seem quite harmless, but is in fact a deadly spiritual danger to us. Also: some great words from Charles Spurgeon on how to be content!
Today's podcast is a necessary challenge for us. There is a type of friendship that we can have that brings us into a hostile relationship with God. What sort of friendship is this, according to the Bible, and how can we avoid the horrifying reality of having God hostile towards us?!
In our passage today, jesus is confronted by a desperately ill man that is in dire need of physical healing. Rather than heal the man FIRST, Jesus instead does something astonishing that reveals this man's - and our - biggest need.
There is a narrative that teaches that all of the common people loved and embraced Jesus and followed Him completely, while the elite and the religious leaders rejected Him. In today's Luke 4 passage, we see a group of common, blue-collar people absolutely enraged at Jesus, and actually try to kill Him. Why do they do this, and what does it reveal about OUR own hearts?
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