How to study- Intro to Luke

Our lesson on Sunday was about faith- is faith enough for our Christian walk? What about actions, if we do good deeds our entire life is that enough for our Christian walk? Why do we need both?

We have to have a balance of faith and action. You can argue the bible until you are blue in the face, but if you are a jerk about it or you are trying to prove a point (even if you are right) you have already lost that battle.

What about if you have a life of action- why do we do good work? What is the point? Are you doing it because it is the right thing to do? How about because it’s what Jesus would have done? What is your answer when someone asks why you have done something good? What about when they call you out on something you shouldn’t have been doing?

We need to have a balance of faith and knowledge, it doesn’t matter if you have all the right answers if your actions don’t follow your teachings, and vice versa, it doesn’t matter if you do all of the good in the world if your faith isn’t there.

The Bible as a whole is an onion, every time you read it you are going to pick up something new from it.  Something is going to speak to you.  The goal for our new study is for you, each of you, to be able to read a scripture, understand it, and then explain it to someone else in a way they can understand. And yes, we are going to practice!

So lets get going- we are going to pair off and I’ll put you in pairs. I need everyone to put their phones up here please.  I’ve put some out some Bibles, reference books, articles, and fact sheets to help you- you can use anything you can find in here to answer your questions except each other! Now sharing answers yet! Team that finds the most right answers first wins!

I printed out a seperate sheet with each of the questions (no answers of course) and had enough for all of the girls to have a copy. At the end we went through the answers and how they found some of them.

Who is Luke, give some background?  Doctor- never married- not an apostle

Why is the book of Luke included in the gospels? When was it written? Includes the most details and before 70AD but exact time not known.

What are some of the stories that are only in Luke and not in the other gospels?  

What are some key verses (scriptures) in Luke?  

Who are some of the main people in Luke (Jesus is not the correct answer….)?

What makes Luke different from other gospels?

What is Luke’s emphasis in his gospel? Jesus’ humanity and his relationships with people.

What was Luke’s favorite term for Jesus (how did he refer to him the most)? Son of Man

What verse sums up the first thirty years of Jesus’ life? Luke 2:52

Who is Barabbas and what is his significance? The one who should have died instead of Jesus, guilty of the same crime Jesus was accused of.  

Approximately how much of the book of Luke is unique to Luke? 50%

Recap: Okay so we did this lesson last night to kick off our new study in Luke and the girls absolutly loved it! They were asking all kinds of questions and amazed at the information they were able to find! I have high hopes for this study not to mention it was really exciting to see the girls actually excited to learn and being proactive about it!