Gospel of Luke

I showed up at the temple every day just praying that God would let me live long enough to see the Messiah. He did.

• Jude

• Matthew

• Simeon

• Thomas

• Longinus

We were chosen to see the baby Jesus before anyone else (in Luke's Gospel).

• Camel drivers

• Tax collectors

• Shepherds

• Stable workers

• Vineyard workers

Jesus told the fishermen to do what to catch some fish?

• Use the right nets

• Use the right bait

• Pull out into the deep

• Get a bigger boat

• Call out to the fish with songs of gladness

In that scene when they caught a whole bunch of fish, who didn't feel worthy of Jesus' help?

• Judas

• Simon Peter

• Luke himself

• James

• John

The notion that sin is a reflection of an empty heart and, thus, when our hearts are empty we make poor choices, but when are hearts are full of love we make good choices, goes back to what scene?

• The woman who bathes Jesus' feet with her tears

• The Prodigal Son

• The Good Samaritan

• The Lost Sheep

Samaritans were:

• 100% Jewish

• Half Jewish

• Non-Jewish

I was really ticked at my lazy sister for sitting at Jesus’ feet while I was doing all the work!

• Naomi

• Anna

• Martha

• Abigail

After being ticked off at my lazy sister for not doing any of the housework, Jesus helped me realize that she was fulfilling the necessary role of what?

• Being a disciple who develops the interior life

• Writing down Jesus’ words for future generations

• Being one in dialogue about God’s ways so that we can struggle our ways to deeper intellectual insights and understanding

• Keeping Jesus company so he didn’t have to be lonely

The Deathbed meditation, with its specific focus on thinking about the most important things in life from the perspective of the end of our lives, is most germane (fitting and appropriate) to which story?

• Prodigal Son

• Birth of Jesus

• Death of Jesus

• Rich Man who built bigger barns

• Pharisee and Tax Collector

One man begged that the ______ tree would not be cut down until he had been given another year to try to make it bear fruit. This is symbolic of not giving up on people but instead working to convert their hearts to be good and loving people.

• Palm

• Date

• Sycamore

• Pecan

• Fig