There is something wrong in our world. Some people might seem more caught up in that wrong than others. So, as we try to get our lives right, we want to know—what is our relationship to what’s going on out there? Do we protect ourselves by keeping it all at a safe distance? Do we engage it? Do we affirm it? What’s the right relationship to have with the mess in the world? That’s the question that leads to the series of parables in Luke 15. At the beginning of the chapter, Jes

This particular story takes place at a dinner—the same dinner we were talking about last time . In Luke 14, Jesus is invited to the house...

In his classic text, The Contemplative Pastor , Eugene Peterson wrote: As a pastor, I don’t like being viewed as nice but insignificant....

Jesus was tempted throughout his life. But there were two seasons where the pressure was uniquely intense—two moments when the full weight of temptation bore down on him: the cross and the wilderness. Today, we’re looking at that second one—the wilderness—and more specifically, the third temptation as presented in Luke’s Gospel. To understand it, we need to set the scene.