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Luke starts his gospel with these wonderful words, “that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught”. (Luke 1:4 ESV). Certainty is a funny thing, if we are certain about something, we tend to be more confident in its value and in its surety. Yet there is a reality when we talk
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The Gospel of Luke Introduction. Luke’s story of Jesus is a sizable work – the longest book of the NT – written with extreme care. Perfectionists will love Luke. He has the mind of a scientist, the pen of a poet, and the heart of an artist…He wrote to accomplish two specific goals… to provide
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Understanding Your Calling 1. In Philippians 3:14 Paul refers to the Christian calling as the “High calling of God in Christ Jesus”, or some versions have, “upward call”. What do these ways of referring to Christian calling communicate to you about your calling? 2. A suggested definition for a CALL is “an invitation to commit
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In summary of the final two chapters of Jonah, G. V. Smith wisely concludes with the following statement: “God will (and does) act in justice against sin, but His great love for every person in the world causes Him to wait patiently, to give graciously, to forgive mercifully, and to accept compassionately even the most
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God orchestrated a circumstance in history to teach Jonah something he desperately needed to know. Jonah goes down to Joppa, Jonah goes down into the ship, he goes down into the depths of the ship – and now, finally, he goes down into the very depths of the ocean. As Peter Craigie comments: “It was
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Jonah as a story is probably one of the most well-known narratives from the Old Testament, even amongst the secular world in which we live. Many will consider this story just a myth or fable. However, Jonah is part of God’s inspired word and is a historical account of an actual event. It is the
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