These two simple stories, of Jesus’s authority matched with compassion, show us the faith that we need and the Savior we can rely on.

If you’re a follower of Jesus, you’re called to love your enemies because God loved you when you were his enemy.

If you’re a follower of Jesus, you’re called to love your enemies because God loved you when you were his enemy.

Whatever reveals your desperate need for Jesus is a blessing. Whatever blinds you to your need for Jesus is a threat.

To understand Jesus we need to know that he’s not a Pharisee. To benefit from Jesus, we can’t be Pharisees either.

Through this series of remarkable signs, Luke shows us what to expect if we come to Jesus.

In Jesus’s first public appearances, Luke defines for us the mission Jesus lived for.

Jesus came to win the battle that Adam lost. Luke shows us why he was qualified to fight for God’s people, and how he conquered.

Whether we’re prepared for Jesus hinges on whether we want the change he came to demand and enable.

The arc of Anna’s story is the arc of the Gospel and the arc of the Christian life: from loss, through longing, to love for Jesus and the hope of his return.

To benefit from Mary’s son, we must share Mary’s faith.

To benefit from Mary’s son, we must share Mary’s faith.

To benefit from Mary’s son, we must share Mary’s faith.

To benefit from Mary’s son, we must share Mary’s faith.

To benefit from Mary’s son, we must share Mary’s faith.

Luke wrote this book not merely to inform us, but to persuade us to build our whole lives on Jesus.