Fear management is a massive part of being emotionally healthy. Think about how many feelings and decisions you make out of fear. We talk a lot about anxiety right now, and things like intimidation of those with power, hopelessness, depression, and the like. These can be very helpful and descriptive terms. And yet, at the base of much of these feelings and experiences is FEAR. Luke calls out this emotion twice in this section of Luke 8 and helps us understand what to do with that fear.

How do you keep loving and following Jesus in college? Same principles hold true for: med school, early career, your 30’s, 40’s, 50’s…, for tomorrow. This passage is a fool-proof, 100% guarantee way of staying a follower and lover of Jesus.

This passage contrasts the self-savers vs. those justified and saved by God's mercy. In Luke 7, we meet a woman who hears of Jesus' presence in a nearby home and breaks in mid-meeting to wash Jesus feet with her tears. Meanwhile, the pharisee across the table is puzzled as to why Jesus would allow this "sinner" to wash his feet. Jesus' response turns this religious leader's world upside down.

In this passage, Jesus is asked, "Are you the one to come or should we be waiting for another?" Surprisingly, people in our day are still asking this same question just in a slightly different nuance - "Who is Jesus and what's this Christianity thing all about?" The text has some great ways to answer that question and processing that struggle for today's culture.