What qualities of a physician could assist in writing history as in the case of Luke?
An Orderly Account
An Orderly Account
- What could motivate a person to write another gospel when others have already been written?
- What could lend credence to a biography of a person the author had not met?
- How important is it to cite sources used in writing?
Call His Name John
- For what reasons could God's Spirit have refrained from inspiring any prophet to write during four hundred years between the two testaments?
- Why would God wish to produce miracle births for John and for Jesus?
- Can Zacharias be faulted for wondering at the prophecy of the angel since he and his wife were long past childbearing, or should he have believed immediately?
- Do fulfillment of previous prophecies ensure that a new one will be believed?
- Why do you think Joseph believed Mary's story of her pregnancy readily enough?
The Manger of Bethlehem
- Why would it be important for Luke to provide minute details of the taxation that sent Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem?
- Would Jesus have attracted more followers if he had been born in a richer setting than a manger in a stable?
- Why do you think Jesus chose to be born in such humble settings when He could have chosen perhaps anything he wished?
The Witnesses to the Saviour
- How do you think God communicated to Simeon that he would not dies before seeing the Messiah?
- What effect would Simeon's prophecies have had on Mary?
- What are times in the life and ministry of Jesus that Mary would have felt her heart pierced? Anytime other than the cross?