This text brings a shocking scene as a "woman of the city" erupts in an overflow of love and joy in Jesus' presence, wetting his feet with her tears and drying them with her hair, kissing his feet and pouring expensive perfume onto them. In stark contrast we also see Simon the Pharisee, at whose house and table Jesus was sitting, respond with frustration as he questions Jesus' response and ministry. The centerpiece of it all is a short, but pointed parable about a debt forgiven.

This text brings a shocking scene as a "woman of the city" erupts in an overflow of love and joy in Jesus' presence, wetting his feet with her tears and drying them with her hair, kissing his feet and pouring expensive perfume onto them. In stark contrast we also see Simon the Pharisee, at whose house and table Jesus was sitting, respond with frustration as he questions Jesus' response and ministry. The centerpiece of it all is a short, but pointed parable about a debt forgiven.

Everyone wrestles with doubt. Even John, Jesus’ cousin and God-appointed forerunner, wrestled with questions about Jesus’ work and ministry. So did the most religious people of the time. Doubt is not wrong. Jesus is not scared by our questions.

Everyone wrestles with doubt. Even John, Jesus’ cousin and God-appointed forerunner, wrestled with questions about Jesus’ work and ministry. So did the most religious people of the time. Doubt is not wrong. Jesus is not scared by our questions.

This is a glorious passage that shows Jesus’ compassion and help in the midst of a broken world, as well as His power over sickness, sorrow, and death itself.

This is a glorious passage that shows Jesus’ compassion and help in the midst of a broken world, as well as His power over sickness, sorrow, and death itself.

Life will bring storms. The only hope we have in standing through the storm is to have a firm foundation. As Jesus closed the Sermon on the Plain in Luke 6, he warned his followers not to build foundationless lives.

Life will bring storms. The only hope we have in standing through the storm is to have a firm foundation. As Jesus closed the Sermon on the Plain in Luke 6, he warned his followers not to build foundationless lives.

Jesus’ call to radical love in the previous text continues. In this text we see what has become perhaps the most beloved verse in the whole Bible for our culture, “Judge not, and you will not be judged.” Does Jesus mean that we should not have moral or ethical discernment? Is He calling us to not confront each other, or talk about sin? How does it all connect to trees and fruit? Or logs and specks?

Jesus’ call to radical love in the previous text continues. In this text we see what has become perhaps the most beloved verse in the whole Bible for our culture, “Judge not, and you will not be judged.” Does Jesus mean that we should not have moral or ethical discernment? Is He calling us to not confront each other, or talk about sin? How does it all connect to trees and fruit? Or logs and specks?