30 Minutes in the New Testament

Jesus has some words regarding saltiness before having the Pharisees complain His choice of dinner guests. Jesus has three parables to tell about the pursuing love of God and what repentance is really all about.

Jesus tells people not to exalt themselves or they will end up humbled and tells a parable about throwing banquets. The Kingdom of God continues to look more and more upside-down. God is determined to have His house full and…

Jesus compares the kingdom of God to seemingly common and insignificant things. Someone wants to know how many people will be saved and Jesus responds in an interesting way. What does it mean to enter through the narrow door? Jesus…

Jesus says He is distressed over a certain baptism and division will follow Him. People want to know about degrees of sinners, but Jesus blows apart all ideas of Karma. And a woman is healed on the Sabbath, but the…

Anxiety, big barns, and the folly of assuring your own soul.

Jesus goes to a Pharisee’s house for dinner where He serves up a heavy portion of law.

Demons, waterless places, and the sign of Jonah.

Mary, Martha and the Lord's Prayer.

Jesus tells a parable about a “Good Samaritan” in response to a lawyer trying to trap Him.

Jesus sets His face toward Jerusalem as the disciples struggle with greatness.

Jesus foretells His death more than once and the disciples don’t understand it. Jesus says all who follow Him must take up their cross.

Healings, mission trips and how to feed thousands with five loaves of bread and two fish.

Lamps under beds, a raging storm and a demon-possessed man living in a graveyard.

A Pharisee invites Jesus over for dinner and a prostitute shows up. How far does the forgiveness of Jesus go?

Jesus is enemies with death and John the Baptist is the greatest man who ever lived... except for the least in God's kingdom.

Judge not, build your house on the rock and bear some good fruit.

Jesus gives a long list of ethical demands for His disciples that seem contrary to everything that comes naturally.

Sabbath breaking, hand healing, legalism, and the Beatitudes.

A paralytic is lowered through a roof, sins are absolved, an unlikely person is called to follow Jesus and Jesus gets in trouble for partying with sinners.

Leprosy, demons, sinful fishermen and a mother-in-law. All that in more in this episode.

Temptation in the wilderness. A riot in His hometown. Silencing a demon. Jesus is busy in this episode.

John is preaching in the wilderness and baptizing people in the Jordan River.

Jesus is born, and His birth is proclaimed to shepherds which includes good news for all of us.

Daniel and Erick continue in Luke with the birth of John. Zachariah finally speaks and there is much to discuss in what he says.

Gabriel appears to Mary with the shocking announcement that she is to be the mother of the Son of God. How should we view Mary?