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A simple guide to Luke /

The books in the Simple Guide to the Gospels series provide accessible new translations of each gospel to help readers understand the important-but often missed-lessons within. Each section includes scripture and brief, engaging commentary about life in early Christianity and today. The books are av...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCarren, Paul J., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012.
Colección:McCarren, Paul J., 1943- Simple guide to the Gospels.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: why I needed a simple guide to the Gospels
  • Preparation for the birth of Jesus 1:1-4
  • Jesus is born, named, and instructed, 2:1-14
  • John, preaching righteousness, baptizes Jesus, which is pleasing to God, 3:1-9
  • Though tempted to seek power and glory, Jesus seeks to serve, 4:1-13
  • Jesus discusses the law, and explains its implications, 6:1-11
  • Healing and what it means, 7:1-10
  • Jesus travels, teaches, and heals, 8:1-10
  • What it means to follow Jesus, 9:1-9
  • Traveling towards Jerusalem, Jesus teaches about discipleship, 10:1-12
  • What to expect from God, your father, 11:1-13
  • Making a choice between the Spirit of God and the spirit of the times, 12:1-12
  • Now is the time for repentance, 13:1-9
  • Jesus presses his hearers to make a choice, 14:1-14
  • What happens to those who get lost on the way to the Kingdom? 15:1-10
  • Still on the way to Jerusalem; still teaching about repentance, 17:1-10
  • How do you pray; what do you pray for? 18:1-14
  • Why is Jesus going to Jerusalem? 19:1-10
  • Arguments in the Temple about God's power to save, 20:1-8
  • Teaching in the Temple about expecting God's Kingdom, 21:1-4
  • Jesus celebrates Passover with his disciples; he is arrested, 22:1-13
  • Arranging and achieving a death, 23:1-12
  • Jesus, risen, preaches repentance, then is taken into heaven, 24:1-12.