The Rich Man and Lazarus Our text is Lk 16:19-31.  Some say this is a parable.  It is not a parable.  It is a real incident through which Jesus Christ gives us a glimpse into life beyond the grave before his own crucifixion. The rich man and Lazarus We know...

The Unjust Steward The story of the rich man and his unjust steward in Lk 16:1-9 is a lesson to the Pharisees and Israel.  Jesus told the story and then, in the next few verses, made the direct application to them. The rich man pictures the Lord.  The unjust steward...

Train Up a Child (Part 2) Proverbs 22:6 In the second part of this lesson, we are going to be focusing on the words “Train up”. In the first part of this lesson, we saw that the verse is not referencing making a child saved or spiritual be we focused...

The Prodigal Repented We’re studying Lk 15:11-32, typically known as the passage about the prodigal son.  A prodigal is one who spends or gives lavishly and foolishly.  He’s not frugal or economical. This story illustrates the first ten verses of Lk 15.  The son repenting matches the one sinner that...

The Lost Sheep and Silver Piece Our text is Lk 15:1-10.  Publicans and sinners drew near to Jesus to hear him.  They wanted to hear what he had to say.  The Pharisees didn’t want to hear him and were perturbed that Jesus would even associate with publicans and sinners.  In...

Studies in Ruth A Marriage Proposal (Ruth 3:1-18) Ruth chapter 3 gives us some interesting verses. In this lesson we will look at a couple of these verses and give some scriptural significance for them as well as show the typology of Ruth going to Boaz as a type of...

The Cost of Discipleship The Cost of discipleship is threefold.  Jesus said that you must: Hate your own family. 26.  What in the world is Jesus talking about here?  Hate in the Bible is always what you understand it to be by definition. This doesn’t seem to make sense.  Consider...

A Great Supper The context of Lk 14:15-24, the great supper, is Jesus in the house of one of the chief Pharisees eating bread on the sabbath, Lk 14:1.  While there: Jesus healed a man of the dropsy.  Taught them that healing on the sabbath is no less lawful than...

Lessons to Lawyers and Pharisees He taught them lessons: Concerning Jesus and Jerusalem Lk 13:31 The Pharisees said to Jesus, “Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee”.  This was an idle threat because Herod wan’t going to kill Jesus, and when he had the opportunity he...

Studies in Ruth Naomi’s Testimony (Ruth 1:11) In this series we are going to study through the book of Ruth. This will not be an exhaustive or verse by verse study but instead we will be looking at different themes from each of the chapters as well as the story...