We begin our tour of the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts by dealing with the What? Where? and Why? Luke and Acts were meant to be one continuous work. We consider the larger historical context of these works and the process that Luke used to collect and organize the accounts of Jesus…

Jesus leads us in love. He teaches us to 1) Love Father-God with all that we are, 2) Love our neighbors as ourselves, 3) Love our Enemies, and 4) Love one another (our brothers and sisters in Christ) as He has loved us. This is our highest calling as followers of Jesus.

Jesus did not come to be served, but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many. As we follow Him, we must follow in the footsteps of His service. We are called to be “bond-slaves” of the Master who is wiser and better at life than we are.

Jesus came, not to do His will, but to do the will of the Father. In every way He leads us, Jesus calls us to put the will of the Father and the Way of the Kingdom first.

Jesus calls us to a way of radical transformation. If we desire to be faithful to Him and fruitful, we must cultivate a life-style of Hearing, Turning, Trusting and Following. This reliable pattern of transformation is foundational to all of our spiritual growth.

We complete our VERY brief overview of the Proverbs by looking at a few of the key character types represented there. We go on to talk about the Wisdom Psalms and how Psalm 1 and 2 orient us to the way of wisdom.

We complete our VERY brief overview of the Proverbs by looking at a few of the key character types represented there. We go on to talk about the Wisdom Psalms and how Psalm 1 and 2 orient us to the way of wisdom.

In this session of our brief overview of the Proverbs, we look at the structure of the book, the way proverbs work, and some of the characters that are presented in Proverbs and other Wisdom Literature.

We begin our brief overview of Proverbs by considering the book’s place in Culture and in the Canon and thinking about the context of Solomon’s primary authorship. The Proverbs, like Job and Ecclesiastes, call us to focus on “The Fear of the LORD [YHWH]” as the starting point for true wisdom.

After the “Professor” warns about some of wisdom’s vulnerabilities (9:11-10:20), he exhorts us to 1) be bold and risky in generosity (11:1-6), 2) be joyful in our “youth,” (11:7-10) and 3) be soberly mindful of our Creator as old age and death are unavoidable (12:1-8). And then comes the final great summary: “Fear God and…