Episode 8 · Luke 11:28
The Sermon Takeaway Menu
Worship gets four stars, the sermon a solid three, coffee a clean five. Then a greeter with a clipboard asks which part we’re taking home. Silence.
Pundayschool · Passage · New Testament
Luke: devotionals and study guides
The third Gospel, written by Luke the physician as a careful, orderly account of the life of Jesus, with a soft spot for the overlooked. Pundayschool has landed here twice: once on hearing the word, once on being faithful in small things.
In short
Luke is the third Gospel, written by Luke the physician as an orderly account of the life of Jesus. Pundayschool has covered two passages from Luke so far: Luke 11:28, where the blessing belongs to those who hear the word of God and keep it, in The Sermon Takeaway Menu, and Luke 16:10, on being trusted with very little, in Surrender All (Except the Mirror). Both come with a free devotional and small group study guide.
The passages
Episode 2 · Luke 16:10
Surrender All (Except the Mirror)
A fought-over mirror, the last of the milk, a stolen shirt. Then the whole family walks in, perfectly composed, to sing “I Surrender All.”
One verse to hold
"Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."
Luke 11:28, NIV
Questions people ask
What is the Gospel of Luke about?
Luke is a carefully researched account of the life, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus, written by Luke the physician. It pays special attention to people on the margins and to how Jesus's followers actually respond to his words, which is exactly where both covered passages land.
What does Luke 11:28 mean?
When a woman in the crowd blesses Jesus's mother, he redirects the blessing: blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it. The Sermon Takeaway Menu turns that into a question at the church exit door: which part of the sermon are you actually taking home?
What does Luke 16:10 mean?
Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much. Faithfulness is proven in small, unglamorous moments before big ones. Surrender All (Except the Mirror) finds those moments on a chaotic Sunday morning: the bathroom mirror, the last of the milk, a borrowed shirt.