Author: Nick
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Lent 2020 – Day 7
John 8: 58 -59a “I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” At this they picked up stones to stone him … [Away from Luke for a few days, but we’ll be back!] Alongside being fully man, Jesus was fully God, and he knew it. How he came to know…
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Lent 2020 – Day 6
Luke 2:51 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men. I can imagine the sort of evidence that would have allowed Luke to describe Jesus as growing “in favour with men”, but I wonder what was the evidence that led him to say, “in favour with God”. Ah well,…
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Lent 2020 – Day 5
Luke 2:50 Then he went down to Nazareth and was obedient to them [Mary and Joseph]. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. This is the second time that Luke refers to Mary treasuring events in her heart. Perhaps it points to her being the direct source of much of the material…
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Lent 2020 – Day 4
Luke 2:49-50 “Why were you searching for me? [Jesus] asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” But [Joseph and Mary] did not understand what he was saying to them. Luke records just one episode while Jesus is growing up. He is twelve. After making their annual Passover visit to Jerusalem…
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Lent 2020 – Day 3
Luke 2: 40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. Only Luke records anything of Jesus’s childhood, and even he only gives us a handful of verses. This one covers Jesus’s first 12 years. What can we make of it? By way…
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Lent 2020 – Day 2
Luke 2:38 Coming up to them at that very moment, she [Anna] gave thanks to God and spoke about the child [Jesus] to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem. Two people come up to Mary, Joseph and Jesus while they are in the temple fulfilling this Levitical requirement of Purification, one…
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Lent 2020 – Day 1
Luke 2:21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. This Lent series picks up Luke’s gospel narrative after the birth of Jesus – the incarnation – an event that was miraculous, unique, foretold by prophets, heralded…
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Lent series?
I’m thinking about doing another series of “thought for the day” blogs through Lent, and wondering if anyone is interested in receiving them. If you are, or even if you are not, it would help me if you would post back a comment or a “like”. Now that I’ve tried this medium and found it…
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Dec 24th
Luke 2: 8-20 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good…
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Dec 23rd
Luke 2:6-7 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. All is set. All is in place. By force of circumstances…
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