This is the Bible study page for the Thursday Night Bible Study Group meeting June 12 to begin the study of Luke's Gospel. This will be a long study folks, so settle in for the long trek. But this trek will be through the life of Jesus, and no one is more odd to us than Jesus. He will frustrate us, delight us, confuse us, and illuminate us beyond our ability to imagine. Get ready.
The best way to prepare for this I hope you've already been doing. Since we knew two weeks ago we'd be going through Luke, I was hoping you'd be reading through 'introductions' in study Bibles and any commentaries you could find. The Blue Letter Bible has lots of resources, including the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE). The entry for Luke is pretty good, but multi-volume commentaries will have good ones as well.
One of the things we'll discuss is Luke himself. Find out all you can about him (which is probably sparse). Most of what's out there is conjecture, but still interesting. Sifting down to what we actually know is sometimes depressing compared with what we suspect, but still important. Any decent Bible dictionary should have a good article on him.
If we have time, we'll dive into the first 25 verses of chapter 1 and begin to examine the announcement of John the Baptist, his parents, and 'announcements from God' in general. We may not get that far, and there's no reason to push it. If you've been reading a lot about Luke already, you can read ahead, and have some questions about verses 1-25.
That's all I have at the moment. I know you were hoping for more of my amazingly insightful probing questions, but this week we'll just fly around without them (did I just hear a collective sigh of relief?). See you Thursday!
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