“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way” Isaiah 53:6 Have you ever pondered why God compares us to sheep in the Bible? Is it just because they are cute and cuddly,…
Month: May 2024
This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.” Luke 12:21 If you have been following our discussion about the rich fool’s parable in the last three days. you likely…
And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ Luke 12:19 In marketing, there’s a concept called ‘attribution’. It simply means identifying what exactly caused an…
“…The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. Luke 12:16 Yesterday, we mentioned we’d begin discussing the story of the rich young man Jesus called foolish. Jesus’ goal in telling this story is captured in his response…
Beware! Don’t always be wishing for what you don’t have. For real life and real living are not related to how rich we are.” Luke 12:15 TLB There’s an interesting story about a rich man who, by earthly standards, was…
But his father’s response changed everything. He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours” Luke 15:31 This week, I was reading through the story of the prodigal son, as it’s popularly…
The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” Luke 10:37 Today marks the fourth and final day of our discussion on the parable of the Good Samaritan. As…
A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.” Luke 10:31 Sometime in 2019, I was driving to work in Lagos, Nigeria, around 6 am. It…
Which of these three do you think was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” Luke 10:36 Yesterday, we began a conversation about the story of the good Samaritan. It’s a familiar story, but as…
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’” Luke 10:27 We are all familiar with the…