Bible Encounters

1. The crowd Jesus preached is connected to the calling Peter received

2. The vocation as 'fishers of men' is a quote from the Old Testament!!!!! (I just learned this!) 

1. The Messianic Secret: Why is Jesus not wanting demons to announce who he is?

2. The spiritual rulers and human empires: A look at Daniel 10-11 with Rev 12-13ff. 

1. The literary connections with previous scenes (rise up, rebuke)

2. The physical and spiritual were not as separated for them

3. Jesus heals Peter's mother-in-law: The new creation language of the return from exile in Isaiah 65 to the literal physical restoration of our bodies and creation in Romans 8.

4. Our calling to help other's physical and spiritual needs

1. Parallels Luke is making with Jesus in Nazareth and now in Capernaum

2. Why is Jesus confronting this demon?

3. Where did demons come from?

1. The 3 audiences: Jews in Jesus' day, Luke's audience he is writing to, us today

2. The Kingdom of God and the miracles and exorcisms.

1. What was that parable Jesus said?

2. Jesus highlights Elijah and Elisha who minister to Gentiles who believe and not Israelites

1. Jesus announces that Isaiah 61:1-2 is being fulfilled by Him

2. The Ultimate Year of Jubilee has arrived

1. The temptation was a test about Jesus' trusting what God has said about him

2. Jesus trusted in and used God's word in response to the devil's tests. 

1. The differences with genealogies

2. The purpose with Luke's genealogy

1. The role of John the Baptist

2. The arrival of the Holy Spirit ( with reflections on the doctrine of the Trinity)