The Heart of Mary, the Heart of Worship (Luke 1:46-56)
Luke is concerned with not just telling us the events of the birth of the Christ, but what they mean. This section of Scripture points to Mary’s worshipful response (called Mary’s Magnificat) to the grace of God in her life. She does not grow prideful because of the honor given to her to be the […]
The True Story (Luke 1:26-38)
Luke wrote his Gospel account to emphasize the reality of what happened concerning Jesus’ birth. The story of Jesus is the fairy tale that’s true, the movie that doesn’t end when the lights turn on, the one story that moves us because it is real.
Grace for a Doubter (Luke 1:18-25)
Zechariah was given amazing news from an angel sent by God, yet he still had his doubts. Though Zechariah doubted, God used him and his wife Elizabeth anyway to bring the forerunner of the Messiah, John the Baptist, into the world. God’s plans are not contingent upon anything, even belief–his grace is sovereign and more […]
Darkness Before the Dawn (Luke 1:5-14)
The Old Testament ends with “things so bad that only God can fix it.” After 400 years of silence, God spoke to Zechariah that he would have a son. This is the first sign that God was putting his plan of redemption into action, that the light of the world was coming in the person […]