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Sometimes it is surprising what people will ask a pastor. Most pastors field their fair share of biblical and theological questions. Often people will call with a follow-up query to a topic that cropped up in a sermon. Those are the kinds of pastoral inquiries one would expect. Once in a while, though, pastors get…

The Lord’s Prayer is hands down one of the most famous prayers ever.  So how ironic it is to notice that in Luke’s presentation of this prayer, the narrative details are very sparse.  Today if we were documenting the first-ever presentation of something that went on to become very famous and momentous, we’d want to…

Few things are easier than taking a portion of Scripture, isolating it from its original context, and then using this now rarified, out-of-context pericope to serve as some universal statement.  (Think counted-cross-stitch wall hangings or Precious Moments figurines!)  This brief lection from Luke 10:38-42 is a classic example.  How many times hasn’t this gospel snippet…

If you are a baseball fan, you might remember a bizarre play in Game 5 of the 2015 World Series playoff between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers.  The game was tied 2-2 in the 7th inning and Texas had a man on third base.  The Toronto pitcher had just thrown a pitch…

Jesus came to proclaim the nearness of the kingdom of God, and in Luke 10 he is authorizing a wider band of disciples to go out and do the same thing.  He’s not sending them out to be door-to-door salespeople hawking magazine subscriptions or lawncare services.  He doesn’t want them to look like moochers or…