This week Sunday lectionary reading for Trinity 3 Year C is Luke 10.1–11, 16–20 which records Jesus sending out the ...

On Trinity 5 in Year C, the gospel reading is the very well-known and widely misread story of Martha and Mary in Luke ...

All three are located within Luke’s great journey from Luke 9:51 to 19 as Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem. This is a distinctive part of Luke’s Gospel, not found as fully in the other Gospels.

The story Jesus offered in reply to the scholar’s question is well-known to many inside and outside of Christian circles. The ...

Scripture makes it clear that Jesus actively set himself on his path knowing it would lead to suffering (Luke 9:51; Matt. 16:21). Even in times when Jesus refused action in a way that seemed ...

We could add Matthew 12:37, and perhaps Luke 10:29 and 16:15, but we can't find much in the Gospels that shows Jesus thinking in terms of "justification by faith." ...

His last words are "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." (LK23:34) The Jesus of Luke dies with calm resolution: he knows that his death will be followed by the birth of the church.

The death of Jesus in Luke's gospel is more like a martyr's death, it's much calmer, he goes inexorably to the cross, knowing that it is what must happen. Pilate isn't at fault at all.