Luke, Vol. 1: That You May Know the Truth (Preaching the Word | PtW)

by R. Kent Hughes

Publisher:

Crossway

, 1998

Overview

In this volume, R. Kent Hughes’ covers the first eleven chapters of Luke with precision and refreshing originality. Along with volume 2, this may well be the only commentary you’ll ever need to teach and preach the power, the celebration, and the glorious message of Luke’s beloved Gospel.

Luke’s carefully researched and “orderly account” of the life of Christ is one of the finest pieces of historical writing in all of ancient literature. Yet it also accomplishes its divinely appointed – and more personal – purpose: that people of every century “may know the truth”.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Joseph and Mary capsulized the mystery of grace—the King does not come to the proud and powerful but to the poor and powerless.” (Page 82)

“The baby Mary carried was not a Caesar, a man who would become a god, but a far greater wonder—the true God who had become a man!” (Page 83)

“As we study the Annunciation, we must accept the essential spiritual fact of the Incarnation and the gospel: the Lord comes to needy people—those who realize that without him they cannot make it—those who acknowledge their weakness and spiritual lack. The Incarnation, salvation, resurrection, Christmas are not for the proud and self-sufficient.” (Page 30)

“No child born into the world that day seemed to have lower prospects. The Son of God was born into the world not as a prince but as a pauper. We must never forget that this is where Christianity began, and where it always begins—with a sense of need, a graced sense of one’s insufficiency. Christ, himself setting the example, comes to the needy. He is born only in those who are ‘poor in spirit.’” (Page 84)

“The word ‘overshadow’ gives us the proper understanding because it is used in the Greek Old Testament to describe God’s presence in the sanctuary and in the New Testament for his overshadowing presence at the Transfiguration where the cloud of glory overshadowed our Lord and his apostles.” (Pages 34–35)

Product Details

• Title: Luke: That You May Know the Truth (vol. 1)
• Author: R. Kent Hughes
• Publisher: Crossway Books
• Publication Date: 1998
• Pages: 479

About R. Kent Hughes

R. Kent Hughes is senior pastor emeritus of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois. Hughes earned a DMin in 1981 from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a DD from Biola University in 1991. Dr. Hughes’ 42 years of ministry consists of 10 years as a youth pastor, five as a church planter, and 27 as a senior pastor at College Church.

Hughes has authored numerous books, including the best-selling Disciplines of a Godly Man. He is also editor of and contributor to the 19-volume Preaching the Word series, including Mark: Jesus, Servant and Savior, which received the E.C.P.A. Gold Medallion Book Award for best commentary in 1990.