“Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.” Luke 6:26+The Woes—The Spoken Well OfThe cross of Jesus is a target on your back. The world hates the C...  Read More

“Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep." Luke 6:25b+The Woes—The LaughingOne of the marks of the Christian life is to suffer. We walk in the valley of the shadow of death. We are atta...  Read More

“Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. Luke 6:25a+The Woes--The FullThe cross is a great reversal. What we expect is turned on its nose. Full rejoice now, but in the resurrection, they...  Read More

24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Luke 6:24+The Woes -- The RichIt is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into th...  Read More

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.Luke 6:23+The Beatitudes – RejoiceWe would all do well to remember in our pr...  Read More

Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!Luke 6:22+The Beatitudes – the HatedWe all desire to be liked. N...  Read More

Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.Luke 6:21b+The Beatitudes – the WeepingWe cry for many reasons—joy, sadness, anger, fear. Tears have a way of cleansing us. They also expose our true ...  Read More

Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.Luke 6:21a+The Beatitudes – the HungryThe previous Beatitude spoke of being poor. And as often happens, where there is poverty, there is ...  Read More

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.Luke 6:20+The Beatitudes – the PoorJust like at the Sermon on the Mount, the first w...  Read More

And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to ...  Read More

In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: Simon, wh...  Read More

6 On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the...  Read More