A Simple Guide to Luke
- Lanham, New York Rowman and Littlefield 2013
- 155p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Preparation for the Birth of Jesus ..............1 Jesus is Born, Named, and Instructed ...........11 John, Preaching righteousness, Baptizes Jesus-which is Pleasing to God .............17 Thought Templted to seek power and glory, Jesus seeks to Serve .............23 Jesus invites others to join Him in Bringing the GoodNews of Healing ..................29 Jesus Discusses the law and explains its Implications ..........35 Healing and what it Means ..................41 Jesus Travels, Teaches, and heals .............49 What it means to follow Jesus ............57 Traveling toward Jerusalem , Jesus Teaches about Disicpleship ..........67 What to Expect from God, Your Father ..........73 Making a Choice between the Spirit of God and the Spirit of the Times ..............79 Now is the Time for Repentance ..........85 Jesus presses his Hearers to make a Choice ..........91 What Happens to Those who Get Lost on the Way to God`s Kingdom.......97 Do you know what you want .........101 Still on the way to Jerusalem; Still teaching about repentance ..........105 How do you pray, and what do you pray for ..............109 Why is Jesus going to Jerusalem .........115 Arguments in the Temple about God`s Power to save ................121 Teaching in the Temple About expecting God`s Kingdom ............129 Jesus Celebrates Passover with his Disciples , he is Arrested ............133 Arranging and Achieving a Death ...............141 Jesus, Risen, Preaches Repentance, Then is Taken into Heaven .............147