November 19, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Judgment, Luke, Mercy, sermon on the plain
You Get What You Give

In Jesus’ sermon on the plain, He gives some extremely demanding commands: “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless […]

Don’t Let Go and Let God

Each spring, I have the very best intentions of raising a bountiful garden. But by each fall, all I have is a tangled weedy mess and barely a handful of […]

A Gospel Coalition Council Member Says You Need Good Deeds for Salvation

I recently saw a quote attributed to Martin Luther that said, “Every week I preach justification by faith to my people because every week they forget it.” One of our […]

October 21, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Luke, Nazareth
The Good in Nazareth

Although Theophilus had been instructed about Jesus, he needed certainty. That is, he needed a more stable understanding of who Jesus is and what He did (cf. Luke 1:4). For […]

October 19, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Isaiah, Luke, Mary, virgin, virgin birth
Mary’s Virginity in Messianic Prophecy

In Luke 1:27, we read that God sent Gabriel to a virgin named Mary. At this time, Mary was probably a teenager. But despite her young age, as was customary, she […]

October 14, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - discipline, Doubt, Luke, Zacharias
Zacharias’ Disbelief and Divine Discipline

Did you know that even the oldest, godliest believers can doubt God…and be disciplined for it? If you were a member of the clergy, a priest of God, and a […]

October 13, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - John the Baptist, Luke
John the Baptist’s Seven Spirit-Empowered Services

So it was, that Zacharias was serving as priest before God in the order of his division, when his lot fell to burn incense when he went into the Temple of […]

October 8, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Luke, righteousness
In What Sense Were Zacharias and Elizabeth Righteous and Blameless_

During the days of Herod, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. Presumably, Luke had verified this detail, as could Theophilus, emphasizing the historicity of these events. […]

October 6, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Herod, Luke, Prophecy
In the Days of Herod

Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities opens with the memorable line, “It was the best of the times, it was the worst of times…” Some periods are infamous for […]

October 5, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - apologetics, history, Luke, Theophilus
Luke’s Method

In the last blog, we explored Luke’s purpose in writing his Gospel, and I suggested it was quasi-apologetic—meant to stabilize or to reinforce faith in Christ. Now we can ask […]

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