In Context is a weekly radio show broadcast each Monday evening and now brought to you as a podcast.
My name is Patrick, I’m one of life’s strugglers but I’ve come to find strength and hope in the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. He’s my teacher, and I’m learning to follow him throughout life’s journey.
I’ve been reading and Learning and studying and thinking about the Scriptures for more years than I can remember. And I've been greatly blessed with opportunities to teach others over the years, in all sorts of places and in all different kinds of circumstances.
This show has evolved over the months, and will likely continue to do so as I try to work out what works best – so I welcome all feedback from my listener! I've tried to see things in their historical and literary contexts, along with considering something of the missional matters to be drawn out of the text.
So come with me on a journey through the Scriptures, beginning with the writings of Luke.
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In Context is a weekly radio show broadcast each Monday evening and now brought to you as a podcast.
My name is Patrick, I’m one of life’s strugglers but I’ve come to find strength and hope in the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. He’s my teacher, and I’m learning to follow him throughout life’s journey.
I’ve been reading and Learning and studying and thinking about the Scriptures for more years than I can remember. And I've been greatly blessed with opportunities to teach others over the years, in all sorts of places and in all different kinds of circumstances.
This show has evolved over the months, and will likely continue to do so as I try to work out what works best – so I welcome all feedback from my listener! I've tried to see things in their historical and literary contexts, along with considering something of the missional matters to be drawn out of the text.
So come with me on a journey through the Scriptures, beginning with the writings of Luke.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Luke 3:23–38. We slightly retrace our steps and consider the matter of Jewish Messianic expectations in light of John’s response to the people. It is as if John is wanting to begin to dispel traditional messianic expectations and open minds to an alternative, more complete understanding of the One who is about to come.
The episode with John comes to something of a rather abrupt end, and somewhat remarkably without any record of any meeting between him and Jesus – or even any mention of John at the time of his immersion. The closest we have read of any meeting between the two is from the time before they were born!
Luke then records a rather unusual genealogy, the purpose of which seems to be to make it clear that even though Jesus is God’s beloved Son – he really is one of us. In this, Luke is closely identifying the Son of God with humanity.
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