Our contemporary culture seems to have an attitude that equality means we all need to be treated the same.  Oddly enough, God is sometimes accused of being unfair – He doesn’t treat us all the same and some people think

We previously noted that Jesus approved of His disciples when they returned from their mission.  It’s not like we get to hear a long discourse indicating how much they’ve grown in their understanding.  Nor does Jesus lay it all out

  Return of the Seventy-two. 17 The seventy returned rejoicing, and said, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.” 18 Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. 19 Behold, I

Why are miracles so important?  What’s their significance?  In the ancient world, when people saw miracles they knew that God was ultimately behind them.  Simply put, when a miracle was performed it meant that God was with the person performing

By now, we’ve noticed that the disciples have begun to grow and become more suited for their ministry.  You may have also noticed them growing in number.  Jesus has the Twelve who are, let’s say “special” – they will become

I’m almost a little scared to offer my reflection on today’s reading.  I’m reminded of a proclamation from the Lord to Ezekiel.  In short God says “I’m going to give you something to tell them.  If you don’t tell them

There’s a collection of reasons why there was so much animosity between the Jews and Samaritans.  It actually began while the Kingdom of Israel was still quite powerful.  During that time, they disagreed on what constituted right worship of the

Let’s remind ourselves of what we’ve read recently and just how short of a biblical timeline has transpired.  Last night, Peter, James, and John witnessed the transfiguration.  This morning they came off the mountain and saw a large crowd and

In today’s reading an argument breaks out among the disciples.  How would it sound? “I’m the greatest because I left the most behind.” “No.  I’m the greatest because He takes me everywhere.”  “He takes those other two guys everywhere with

Recall that since we read the pericope on The Return of the Twelve and the Feeding of the Five Thousand (Luke 9:10-17), we’ve had our eye on the would-be apostles.  It was in that reading that we first noticed that they