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Spiritual Practices of Jesus: Learning Simplicity, Humility, and Prayer with Luke’s Earliest Readers is unavailable, but you can change that!

Luke’s Gospel was written to transform. In its original context, readers would have seen a portrait of Jesus as an ideal teacher and king, able to shape his people through exemplary leadership. They would have come to the Gospel expecting to be changed for God’s purposes through the lifestyle and teaching of Christ. When today’s readers approach the text in the same way, they can be transformed...

At some time or another, most of us have worried about money. We have fretted over how to pay off higher-than-expected bills, credit card debt, and student loans, or perhaps have even exchanged our dream career for one that promises more security. As I write, these fears are particularly acute: the crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic has cratered the global economy and many have lost or are terrified of losing their jobs. We are realists. We know that
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