Have Mercy on Us One of my seminary professors, Jerry Camery-Hoggatt, taught me that language is linear. We hear (or read) one thing at...

Knowledge of the show Downton Abbey or the house elves of the Harry Potter universe would help us understand this passage. Luke’s Jesus...

The first thing to say about this passage is to include verse 21. The lectionary (probably wisely) omits the “family code” section from...