'Richness' Tagged Posts

February 17, 2019                                                                                                      To read full passage click: Luke 6:24-26 …“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.” vs. 24    A series of warnings immediately following a list of  blessings is not unusual in the Hebrew scriptures. The prophets used that tactic regularly in delivering their oracles. But Luke is the only gospel that has Jesus using this method. In his Sermon on the Plain, Jesus follows his favorable assessment of the poor with cutting…