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Luke for Everyone - Jesus Calms the Storm

by SPCK - N T Wright

Jesus Calms the Storm Luke 8.16-25 The chairman of the board looked around the room. This was a big decision and everyone knew it. ‘Can we agree on this plan, then?’ he asked. ‘We need to decide.’ Twenty serious faces looked back at him, each with their own portfolio to consider,…

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Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Sower

by SPCK - N T Wright

The Parable of the Sower Luke 8.1-15 If Jesus was telling this story today, he might well include other categories as well. What about the seeds that were planted in good soil but were ruined by acid rain? What about the plants that were coming up nicely but were bulldozed by occ…

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Luke for Everyone - Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman

by SPCK - N T Wright

Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman Luke 7.36-50 When you look at a painting, what do you look for first? Some people stand well back and let the full sweep of it wash over them: the glorious colours, the contrasts, the light and shade. Some people focus at once on the characters, t…

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Luke for Everyone - Jesus and John the Baptist

by SPCK - N T Wright

Jesus and John the Baptist Luke 7.18-35 Pull a coin out of your pocket and look at it. What does it tell you? I don’t mean, how rich does it say you are. Nor am I thinking about the actual words that are engraved on it. I’m referring to the pictures, the symbols. The last two cou…

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Luke for Everyone - THe Raising of the Widow's Son

by SPCK - N T Wright

The Raising of the Widow’s Son Luke 7.11-17 So where was the faith this time? The centurion’s servant was healed because of his owner’s faith, but in this story the only person who has any faith that the dead man can be raised is Jesus himself. Though Jesus loves to see the signs…

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Luke for Everyone - The Healing of the Centurion's Servant

by SPCK - N T Wright

The Healing of the Centurion’s Servant Luke 7.1-10 The soldier walks forward slowly into the jungle. His task is to protect villagers from terrorists; every step means danger. Suddenly a command reaches him on his radio. His senior officer has seen where the enemy are hiding. He …

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Luke for Everyone - Judging Others and True Obedience

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Judging Others and True Obedience Luke 6.39-49 One picture is worth a thousand words. Here, in quick succession, are four of Jesus’ most vivid word-sketches. They are meant to be funny. Try reading them like that, and you’ll see a dry, perhaps typically Jewish, humour coming thro…

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Luke for Everyone - Loving Your Enemies

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Loving Your Enemies Luke 6.27-38 One of the greatest Jewish scholars to write about Jesus in the modern age was David Flusser, who taught for many years at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. But not everyone approved of his scholarship; and one of his most brilliant students, vi…

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Luke for Everyone - The Beatitudes

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The Beatitudes Luke 6.12-26 Let us imagine that you are a schoolteacher. One day, you go out into the school playground, where there are dozens of children kicking footballs around. You go over to where they are, and call for them to gather round. Then you begin, slowly but surel…

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Luke for Everyone - Teachings on the Sabbath

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Teachings on the Sabbath Luke 6.1-11 A relative of mine likes to tell of an occasion when he flew, with some business friends, to Ireland to watch a rugby match. When they got off the plane, there were no customs officers waiting to receive them. So two or three of them went into…

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Luke for Everyone - Questions about Table-Company and Fasting

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Questions about Table-Company and Fasting Luke 5.27-39 Technology advances so fast that most of us can’t keep up. If you buy a computer today, by tomorrow it will be getting out of date. Within a year or two you won’t be able to get spare parts for it. Teams of engineers are work…

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Luke for Everyone - The Healing of the Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof

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The Healing of the Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof Luke 5.17-26 The day I am writing this, protesters are gathering in trucks and vans, getting ready to drive slowly down the long main road to the capital. Their aim is to cause as much disruption as possible to normal traffic,…

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Luke for Everyone - The Healing of the Leper

by SPCK - N T Wright

The Healing of the Leper Luke 5.12-16 Imagine a man in prison for serious fraud. When he has served his sentence, and re-emerged into the community, what will happen if he goes to his old employer and asks for his job back? What will happen, indeed, if he goes to any employer and…

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Luke for Everyone - The Miraculous Catch of Fish

by SPCK - N T Wright

The Miraculous Catch of Fish Luke 5.1-11 ‘When Christ calls a person,’ declared Dietrich Bonhoeffer, ‘he tells them to come and die.’ Bonhoeffer, of course, did exactly that, hanged by the Nazis for resistance to Hitler. But when Simon Peter first met Jesus, he didn’t realize thi…

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Luke for Everyone - Jesus' Authoritative Healings

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Jesus’ Authoritative Healings Luke 4.31-44 Last time I went to Capernaum you could hardly move because of the people. There were coaches full of pilgrims coming and going, parties of tourists with guides talking in several different languages, people taking photographs, people tr…

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Luke for Everyone - Opposition to Jesus in Nazareth

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Opposition to Jesus in Nazareth Luke 4.14-30 The commentators were ecstatic after the game. ‘He played like a man inspired,’ they said. What images does that conjure up for you? A sports star, perhaps, running rings round the opposition and scoring a brilliant goal. Or, from a di…

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Luke for Everyone - Temptation in the Wilderness

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Temptation in the Wilderness Luke 4.1-13 Jesus was not Superman. Many today, including some devout Christians, see him as a kind of Christian version of the movie character, able to do whatever he wanted, to ‘zap’ reality into any shape he liked. In the movies, Superman looks lik…

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Luke for Everyone - Jesus' Baptism and Genealogy

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Jesus’ Baptism and Genealogy Luke 3.21-38 When I visited New Zealand some years ago, I was taught how to greet an audience in the traditional Maori fashion. I much enjoyed and appreciated the welcome I was given by this ancient people, many of whom are now devout Christians, and …

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