understanding christ

In this Luke 19th chapter we have some of the key events that lead to the fulfillment of Jesus' plan and purpose, which is to die for the sin of the world. It was from here in Luke 19 that the chain of events that will lead to the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord was set in motion...

Unlike the Luke Gospel chapter 11 that opened with a special request from the disciples to Jesus to teach them how to pray, Luke 18 opened with Jesus initiating this discussion that bothers on a vital ingredient for a successful prayer life. We will read the text and learn one or two lessons on...

After reaching over 3,000 in words for yesterday's blog post, which is the longest blog post on this blog I am hoping that today I can keep that numbers today under 1000, which if you will observe is the normal range for the length of a post on this blog. This however changed with the LUKE...

Finally, we are here in that chapter, Luke 16, a chapter famous for two parables. The parable of the unjust steward and that of Lazarus. How I love the story of Lazarus. It was straight forward and down to earth, everyone seems to agree on the message this parable seems to be passing across...

The purpose of a parable is to conceal spiritual truths. Mark 4:11 tells us this much, "And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables." Mark 4:11 KJV Each time Jesus spoke in parables...

It was in Mark 6:2 when the crowd beheld the marvelous works of the master that they wondered out aloud and quipped, "what wisdom is this?". This has been my reaction ever since the Luke challenge began, especially as I read through the 14th chapter of Luke as Jesus proceeded to educate the...

Luke 13 seems to open on a very tragic account. Then, Luke reports (13:1), “on the same occasion,” some were present who reported to Jesus about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. We don’t know any more about this event than is here reported. Apparently, Pilate...

It's the twelfth day of the Luke challenge and we are already halfway into this journey and it has been a journey of transformation occasioned by new lights been shed on the word of God! I have a deep affinity for God's word but in the last 12 days or so that affinity has been taking to new...

THE GOSPEL OF PRAYERS It's not difficult to label the book of Luke as the 'gospel of prayer'. More than any other book of the gospels, the gospel of Luke took time to expound on the prayer life of Jesus! Right from Luke 3 when Jesus was baptized the Bible said as he was praying the heavens...

Luke's gospel started on the same note as Luke 9. This was another call to evangelism, as Jesus sent out his disciples to go and preach to the surrounding cities. On the first look, Luke 10 almost looks like a repetition of Luke 9 except that someone will say that the numbers differ. In Luke 9...

We essentially acquire new skills via teaching and training, the combination of these two forms of learning is the best way to develop a new skill trait! There are some learning programs that involve only teaching, teaching as in talking or lecturing, which focuses on the body of knowledge in a...

The major theme of Luke 8 is just the same as that of Luke 7, almost every incidence or teaching or story in this chapter bothers on the subject of faith! We have the parable of the sower which is a focus on the seed of the word of God! And strong faith as we have come to know is rooted in the...

GREAT FAITH, GREAT MIRACLES(Luke 7:1-18) "When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel." Luke 7:9 KJV This scripture defines for me the theme of the book...

There is a reason why the caption for this series says: UNDERSTANDING CHRIST: A Look through the Book of Luke. It is a look through the book of Luke for given the time frame we have we cannot fully exhaust the contents of the book of Luke in one month. So pardon me if my blog post tends to...

We are in the days and the age where the world we presently live in is practically contesting everything that is written in the word. Lately when I go through my social media accounts and the things I get to see, speaks to and seems to want to challenge the things that we believe in! Today many...

Here we are on this first day of the LUKE CHALLENGE and what a great way it is to start a new month and go through the whole month reading and studying the book of Luke! It's a daunting challenge too to put up a blog post every day on the thoughts and revelations from each of the chapters in...