I made a commitment this year to my students that I would read every Gospel (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) at least once a month outside of my studies for school and church. I have already finished Matthew, Mark, and John this month. And, I am currently working through Luke right now. After I finish Luke, I will try to read Acts to listen to what Luke was trying to do with his two volumes.
January's Gospel Thoughts:
1) I am shocked at Jesus' ability to say what he wanted to say but in a way that was forceful and hidden.
2) It is interesting to hear the Sermon on the Mount through new eyes and within its context.
3) I love hearing the urgency to write the story by Mark, the love-lens of John, and the Jewish bias of Matthew.
4) Luke is the longest of the Gospels on audiobook (2 hours, 41 minutes, and 15 seconds.)
5) Mark is by far the shortest book on audiobook (1 hour, 34 minutes, and 37 seconds.)
I was at a unity prayer service in Nashville a few days ago. The speaker told a story about a music teacher who was trying to pick out a piano for use in a college. For two hours, the teacher tuned and played the pianos. However, he did not tune the pianos to each other (otherwise they would be off by the end.) He tuned the pianos to a tuner. The speaker said that the only way our lives with be unified will be for us to not tune our lives on the churches but to Christ. I pray that I will do this during this year and the rest of my life.
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