The Good Book Club Wednesday, Feb 28 Luke 9:28-62  Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was  praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah’—not knowing what he said. While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to ...

The Good Book Club TUESDAY, February 27 -> Luke 9:1-27 … Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. He said to them, ‘Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money—not even an extra tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there, and leave from there. Wherever they do not welcome you, as you are leaving that town shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.’ They departed and went through the villages, bringing the good news and curing diseases everywhere.  Now Herod the ruler heard about all that had taken place, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead, by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the ancient prophets had arisen. Herod said, ‘John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things?’ And he tried to see him.  On ...

The Good Book Club  Monday, Feb 26, Luke 8:26-56  Then they arrive at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As he steps out on land, a man of the city who had demons meets him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs.  When he sees Jesus, he falls down before him and shouts at the top of his voice, ‘What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?   I beg you, do not torment me’— for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) Jesus then asks him, ‘What is your name?’ He said, ‘Legion’; for many demons had entered him. They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.  Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let ...

TGBC Sunday, Feb 25. Luke 8:1-25 Some Women Accompany Jesus 1 Soon afterwards he goes on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, 2 as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene,  from whom seven demons had gone out,  3 and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources. The Parable of the Sower 4 When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. 6 Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered for lack of moisture. 7 Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. 8 Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold.” As he said this, he called out, ...

The Good Book Club Saturday, Feb 24, 2018. Luke 7:36-50  One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. She stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair. Then she continued kissing his feet and anointing them with the ointment.  Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, ‘If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him—that she is a sinner.’  Jesus spoke up and said to him, ‘Simon, I have something to say to you.’ ‘Teacher,’ he replied, ‘speak.’ ‘A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he cancelled the debts for both of them...

The Good Book Club Friday, Feb 23, 2018 Luke 7:1-35 (RSV) Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant 7  After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Caperna-um. 2  Now a centurion had a slave who was dear to him, who was sick and at the point of death. 3  When he heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his slave. 4  And when they came to Jesus, they besought him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to have you do this for him, 5  for he loves our nation, and he built us our synagogue.” 6  And Jesus went with them.  When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; 7  therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed. 8  For I am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; an...