Living Room Study

Luke 16

“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted so shrewdly.  For the sons of this age are more shrewd than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.  I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of worldly wealth, so that when it fails, they may welcome you into [...]

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Matthew 4

“Jesus was going all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.”  Matthew 4:23

Before we moved to California, my family and I lived in suburban Chicago…the #2 least-churched city in America.  A person’s success in Chicago [...]

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Luke 8

“No one, after lighting a lamp, covers it with a basket or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in may see the light.  For nothing is concealed that won’t be revealed, and nothing hidden that won’t be made known and come into light.  Therefore, [...]

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Luke 15

“All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to Jesus.  And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!’”  Luke 15:1-2

The idea that sinners can be restored to the Lord, as if their sin had never happened, is not an entirely New Testament concept. In 1178, [...]

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Matthew 3

“In those days, John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”  For he is the one spoken through the prophet Isaiah, who said: “A voice of one crying in the wilderness:  ‘Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight!’”   [...]

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Luke 12

“When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to cross-examine Him about many things: they were lying in wait for Him to trap Him in something He said. In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another.  He [...]

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Luke 7

“The dead man sat up and began to speak and Jesus gave him to his mother.  Then fear came over everyone, and they glorified God, saying, ‘A great prophet has risen among us,’ and ‘God has visited His people.’  This report about Him went throughout Judea and all the vicinity.  Then John’s (the Baptist) [...]

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Luke 14

“Now the great crowds were traveling with Him.  So He turned and said to them: ‘If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters – yes, and even his own life – he cannot be My disciple.  Whoever does not bear his own [...]

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Matthew 2

“So Joseph got up, took the child and His mother and entered the land of Israel.  But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea, in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there.  And being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.  Then he went [...]

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Luke 10
 
“When you enter any town and they welcome you, eat the things set before you.  Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near you.’  When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into the streets and say, ‘We are wiping off (as [...]

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