As Luke's gospel ends, Jesus has departed in body. But at the beginning of Acts, his Spirit returns, guiding the disciples to the successful completion of their mission.

Pencil Preaching for Thursday, April 16, 2020. “Look at my hands and feet, that it is I myself” (Luke 24:39). Acts 3:11-26; Luke 24:35-48 ...

According to Luke's Gospel, the disciples at first treated the women's report of the empty tomb as "an idle tale, and ... believed the risen Jesus had appeared to them; ...

In Luke’s Gospel, the risen Christ offers a similar challenge to the disciples: they have to reckon with his mutilated body, with the traumatic somatic. Yet First World artistic depictions of the ...

She notes that the nativity story in Luke’s gospel shows Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem to comply with a Roman census — not because of a threat to their safety. Fair enough.

5. "He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day ...

Luke portrays Jesus in the gospel in essentially according to the image of the divine man. The person in whom divine powers are visible and are exercised, both in his teaching and in his miracle ...

1. "And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here." — Mark 16:6 2. "But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they ...

When you think about Easter, you might picture bunnies, baskets and chocolate. But even though Easter is significantly commercialized in stores and society in general, its origin is rooted in the ...