Tag: Luke
October 18th: 2 John and Luke 1:1-4
August 29th: 2 Samuel 16 and Colossians 4
Theopolis Podcast: The Theology of Pentecost—Acts 2 (The Book of Acts)

Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Jeff Meyers, and I continue our series on the book of Acts. Within this episode we discuss chapter 2 and the meaning of the Day of Pentecost.
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Theopolis Podcast: An Overview of Acts (The Book of Acts)

Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Jeff Meyers, and I begin a new series on the book of Acts. Within this first episode we give an overview of the book.
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April 30th: Deuteronomy 1 and Luke 2:1-21
Theopolis Podcast: Luke 1:1-4 (Advent to Epiphany)
This week we start a new series on the Theopolis podcast, exploring Luke’s accounts of the nativity and childhood of Jesus. In this episode, Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, and I discuss Luke 1:1-4.
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The Summons of Jesus and Elijah to Discipleship
Would be interested in your comments regarding Luke 9:61-62 as possibly echoing Elijah’s call of Elisha in 1 Kings 19:19-21, where Elisha is seen both plowing and bidding farewell to his parents before following Elijah.
Continue reading “The Summons of Jesus and Elijah to Discipleship”
The Trials of Paul
I am wondering what you think about Luke’s purpose in dedicating so much of his writings at the back end of the book of Acts to the legal proceedings involving Paul. What is he wanting to highlight by giving essentially a quarter of the book (chapters 21-28) to the details around these matters, including a very detailed account of the shipwreck (cf. Acts 27). One thought could be that Luke wants us to see Paul in the strain of the OT prophets. Similar to Isaiah, Jeremiah, etc. Luke shows Paul speaking truth to power, and repeats his calling moment (Damascus Rd experience) twice more in these final chapters. Is that it or is there more to it.
Talks on Pentecost
Over this past weekend, I had the privilege of spending a few days with Cornerstone Reformed Church in Carbondale, IL, where I explored the subject of Pentecost for their 2019 Easter Conference, in preparation for the coming season. You can listen to the five talks, a sermon, and a Q&A session here: