In the Bible, as we see in the naming of John and Jesus, names are an important reflection of one's person.
The Joy of a Name
Luke 1:57-80
February 4, 2024 • Reggie Weems • Luke 1:57–80
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The Forgiver of Sins
April 21, 2024 • Reggie Weems • Luke 5:17–26
At the end of Luke’s Gospel, two disciples are walking with a man whom they have yet to identify as Jesus and note that he was “a man, a prophet powerful in deed and word before God and all the people” (24:19). This, and more, is Luke’s aim in writing to Theophilus; to present Jesus as the man-God through the stories he tells about Jesus.
Touching The Untouchable
April 14, 2024 • Reggie Weems • Luke 5:12–16
In this account, Jesus touches the untouchable. Leprosy is communicable. Above all other diseases, it most represents sin to Israelites. Normally, when something clean touches something unclean, the clean becomes unclean. And yet when Jesus touches the man, he is not infected, but the man is cleansed.