Illustrations from Luke
139 illustrations referencing Luke
Scripture and Climate Change and Hope - Reflection
A theological reflection on this insight In our contemporary context, Climate Change and Hope presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. The biblical text o...
Scriptural Insight: Leading Toward Peace - Application
A practical application of this insight In our contemporary context, Leading Toward Peace presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. The biblical text of Lu...
The The Peculiar Politics of Christ Perspective - Commentary
A biblical commentary on this insight In our contemporary context, The Peculiar Politics of Christ presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. The biblical t...
God's View on Inclusive Language for God - Application
A practical application of this insight In our contemporary context, Inclusive Language for God presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. The biblical text...
Biblical Wisdom for Social Media and Community - Commentary
A biblical commentary on this insight In our contemporary context, Social Media and Community presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. The biblical text o...
God's View on Inclusive Language for God - Commentary
A biblical commentary on this insight In our contemporary context, Inclusive Language for God presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. The biblical text o...
Scriptural Insight: Leading Toward Peace - Commentary
A biblical commentary on this insight In our contemporary context, Leading Toward Peace presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. The biblical text of Luke...
The The Peculiar Politics of Christ Perspective - Application
A practical application of this insight In our contemporary context, The Peculiar Politics of Christ presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. The biblical...
Liberation and the God of the Oppressed - Story
A story related to this content The Black Church has always proclaimed a Gospel that speaks to both spiritual and social liberation. When Jesus stood in the synagogue and read from Isaiah—'The Spirit...
Via Media: The Anglican Middle Way - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content Anglican tradition offers a via media—a middle way between the extremes of Roman Catholicism and Protestant fundamentalism. We embrace both Scripture and tradit...
The Beatitudes: Kingdom Values in an Upside-Down World - Story
A story related to this content The Beatitudes present a radical reversal of worldly values. Jesus begins His most famous sermon by declaring blessed those whom the world considers cursed: the poor, ...
Via Media: The Anglican Middle Way - Story
A story related to this content Anglican tradition offers a via media—a middle way between the extremes of Roman Catholicism and Protestant fundamentalism. We embrace both Scripture and tradition, re...
Preparing Room in the Inn of Our Hearts - Story
A story related to this content The innkeeper in Bethlehem has become history's most misunderstood character. We picture him as heartless, turning away the holy family. But Luke simply says 'there wa...
More Than Harps and Clouds: The Reality of Heaven - Story
A story related to this content Popular images of heaven—floating on clouds, playing harps, singing endless hymns—bear little resemblance to biblical descriptions. Scripture presents heaven not as et...
When Heaven Seems Silent: Wrestling with Unanswered Prayer - Story
A story related to this content Every honest believer has experienced the deafening silence of unanswered prayer. We cry out to God and hear only echoes of our own desperation. David captured this anguish in Psalm 13:1: 'How long, Lord?...
The Way of Jesus: Peace, Simplicity, and Discipleship - Story
A story related to this content The Anabaptist tradition asks a fundamental question: What would it look like to actually follow Jesus' teachings? The Sermon on the Mount isn't impossible idealism but God's practical blueprint for Christian living....
The Beatitudes: Kingdom Values in an Upside-Down World - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content The Beatitudes present a radical reversal of worldly values. Jesus begins His most famous sermon by declaring blessed those whom the world considers cursed: the...
More Than Harps and Clouds: The Reality of Heaven - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content Popular images of heaven—floating on clouds, playing harps, singing endless hymns—bear little resemblance to biblical descriptions. Scripture presents heaven no...
Preparing Room in the Inn of Our Hearts - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content The innkeeper in Bethlehem has become history's most misunderstood character. We picture him as heartless, turning away the holy family. But Luke simply says 't...
When Heaven Seems Silent: Wrestling with Unanswered Prayer - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content Every honest believer has experienced the deafening silence of unanswered prayer. We cry out to God and hear only echoes of our own desperation. David captured this anguish in Psalm 13:1: 'How long, Lord?...
The Way of Jesus: Peace, Simplicity, and Discipleship - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content The Anabaptist tradition asks a fundamental question: What would it look like to actually follow Jesus' teachings? The Sermon on the Mount isn't impossible idealism but God's practical blueprint for Christian living....
Liberation and the God of the Oppressed - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content The Black Church has always proclaimed a Gospel that speaks to both spiritual and social liberation. When Jesus stood in the synagogue and read from Isaiah—'The...
Heart Religion and Social Transformation - Story
A story related to this content John Wesley emphasized that true Christianity involves both a warm heart and active hands. The Emmaus disciples experienced this when Jesus walked with them—their hear...
Heart Religion and Social Transformation - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content John Wesley emphasized that true Christianity involves both a warm heart and active hands. The Emmaus disciples experienced this when Jesus walked with them—the...