Talkin’ God with Uncle Luke

Luke 18:15-17

Jesus loves the little children of the world, but the world has been a lot slower on the uptake.

Talkin’ God with Uncle Luke

Luke 18:9-14

Two guys walk into a temple to pray. Jesus drops a parable that we can all relate to. Can we hear what he’s saying? As usual Jesus calls BS on how humans always go down the wrong road, trusting in their own righteousness and treating others with contempt. Who God justifies always surprises us.

Talkin’ God with Uncle Luke

Luke 18:1-8

Jesus uses a parable about justice to explain prayer and calm us down. Justice is a big deal and it drives us crazy. Funny, people who are the most concerned about justice seem to lack mercy. When the scales of justice are tilted it’s time to pray, be calm, do justice, have mercy and walk humbly with our God. Social Justice Warrioring can not be done without mercy and humility. Only God can do cosmic justice with perfection and we need to humbly admit that, so we don’t hurt anyone else.

Talkin’ God with Uncle Luke

Luke 17:11ff

One out of ten lepers, know who Jesus is and act accordingly. He is the King of the Kingdom of God. The Pharisees and Jesus’ disciples are stuck on the wrong questions. Jesus is the end, the Kingdom of God is the end - it’s not about when and where but who. Jesus walks the audience thru how to understand the Kingdom of God from the word of God in Noah, Lot and even Job. Come on in and check it out.

Talkin’ God with Uncle Luke Episode 47

Luke 16:1-17:10

Nothing haunts us more than being wrong. That’s why God has no need for force, he has the power of being right. That haunts us, and it’s a good thing. God haunts us with being right, and we can see our wrongs all around. Jesus throws down some haunting statements and stories about our reality with God in God’s world, so that we would come to our senses.

Jesus takes and old story of two sons and adds a powerful image of God to it. Imagining God every day as our Big Daddy, Best Dad Ever, the One Who Finds Us and Forgives us with a party! This is the central story in Uncle Luke’s telling of all things Jesus. Jesus has the authority to define God and us - this story needs told all the time!

Why does Jesus hang with the low lives? Because God is a finder of all people, since we are made in His image, and are all lost. Luke 15:1-10.

Jesus tells his audience they need to be salty. As always, Jesus leads from the front putting on a clinic of God’s idea of saltiness. Jesus is salty and we should be too. Luke 14:7-35

God’s Sabbath is His awesome idea. We turn it into something black. Jesus is happy to upset our idea of Sabbath if it’s not right. God’s idea of Sabbath is like a mother hen gather her chicks under her wing. Luke 13:10-14:6

The gossip train loaded with superstitious mumbo jumbo comes to Jesus and Jesus hops on and derails the train. The year of our Lord digging humanity and putting manure on us has been God’s work thru the Holy Spirit for 2000 years! The world may still seem ready for God’s fire, but clearly Jesus has dug in and spread manure on us so much that good fruit continues to grow. Luke 13:1-9.