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Luke’s account of the resurrection is immediately followed by Jesus’s covert appearance to a couple of his followers. In Jesus’s conversation with them, he is troubled that they do not know their own scriptures enough to realize what is taking place...

The final week of Jesus’s life on Earth began with the triumphal entry, a parade befitting a conquering war hero. We know, as the week went on, that the expectations of the people were not met, causing their attitudes toward Jesus to shift...

The final week of Jesus’s life on Earth began with the triumphal entry, a parade befitting a conquering war hero. We know, as the week went on, that the expectations of the people were not met, causing their attitudes toward Jesus to shift...

The religious people of Jesus’s day consistently seemed to struggle with the balance between religious rules and traditions on the one hand, and life lived to out according to God’s character on the other. In this case, Jesus was criticized for acting...

The religious people of Jesus’s day consistently seemed to struggle with the balance between religious rules and traditions on the one hand, and life lived to out according to God’s character on the other. In this case, Jesus was criticized for acting...

Looking for miracles is as common a practice today as it was in Jesus’ time. Miracles are hard; ongoing miracles provide us hope. Jesus’ own ministry produces some extraordinary examples of miracles as both confirmation of his divine identity and to...

Looking for miracles is as common a practice today as it was in Jesus’ time. Miracles are hard; ongoing miracles provide us hope. Jesus’ own ministry produces some extraordinary examples of miracles as both confirmation of his divine identity and to...

John’s second designated “sign” takes place here with the healing of a Galileean official’s son. Perhaps the rumor of Jesus’s miracle at the wedding in Cana had spread, and this official requested Jesus to come to his son and heal him. A key...

John’s second designated “sign” takes place here with the healing of a Galileean official’s son. Perhaps the rumor of Jesus’s miracle at the wedding in Cana had spread, and this official requested Jesus to come to his son and heal him. A key...

Some of the work that Jesus and his disciples would attempt would be quite difficult. But other times, their work was very easy. This encounter with the Samaritan town of Sychar seems to be the latter. Jesus informs his disciples that they have the...