by Will | Apr 13, 2018 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 19:45-46 (NIV) Then he entered the temple area and began driving out those who were selling. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.'” The market in...
by Will | Apr 11, 2018 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 19:41-44 (NIV) As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace–but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will...
by Will | Apr 10, 2018 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 19:39-40 (NIV) Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” To these Pharisees, the shouting and overt joy of the...
by Will | Apr 9, 2018 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 19:28-38 (NIV) After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter...
by Will | Apr 4, 2018 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 19:27 (NIV) “But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them–bring them here and kill them in front of me.’” Some Christians find these words of Jesus uncharacteristically harsh. After all, if you accept the premise that the master...
by Will | Apr 4, 2018 | Scripture Meditations
Luke 19:20-26 (NIV) “Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’ “His...