Chris Vasecka's Good Faith Appraisal Blog

  Luke 4:31-44, A Bible Study Devotion.  “Jesus was too busy to pray too…” Read Luke 4:31-44 Are you busy?  Don’t answer.  I know the answer is yes.  We are all busy.  We have work, and kids, and baseball, and swimming, and church, and hobbies, and yard work, and, and, and…  We certainly don’t ha...

  1 Thessalonians 2:1-12, A Bible Study Devotion. “I’m afraid to share the Gospel…”   I’ll start with a question.  Are you afraid to share the Gospel?  The answer is usually, yes.  So the better question is, “Why are you afraid to share the Gospel?”  There are several typically answers to this q...

Jesus goes home, but home don’t want him.  A devotional from Luke 4:14-30 Read Luke 4:14-30 We see here that Jesus has returned to his hometown for the first time since he has started his ministry.  It says in verse 14 that word of his teaching had spread, so it is assumed that the people of his...

  Read Luke 4:1-13 The first observation we can make is the timing and style of the questions/temptations by satan.  When did this happen?  Immediately after Jesus was baptized and the Holy Spirit came upon him.  Jesus had just made the public proclamation that he was "open for business."  He was...

  John the B did not scream “Jesus loves you...” Read Luke 3:1-22 The question:  What, according to the preaching of John, are the cause, nature, and outcome of repentance?  (Repentance is the turning away from sin) The cause, from these verses, first of all is sin.  Without sin, there is no need...

  God’s Helicopter View times two Read Luke 2:21-39 The two questions that I have in my study did not speak to me, but I just kept seeing this unfold in my mind while I read these verses:  God’s helicopter view…times two… In case you are new to the term “helicopter view,” I’ll try and briefly exp...

  Tremendous Humility Before John could be John Read Luke 1:57-66 Here we find Zechariah and Elizabeth, the parents of John the Baptist, giving birth to John.  Many people, neighbors and relatives heard about the birth and shared in her joy.  This seems normal except for one thing.  Elizabeth was...

  Unveiling Mary’s Melody Read Luke 1:39-56 The question:  What does Mary’s song reveal about: (a) the character of God, and (b) His way of working among men?  How were these facts demonstrated in the manner of the Savior’s coming? Just from the first few lines from Mary we can see several charac...

  Personal Reflection   Take some time when you can be alone and follow the instructions listed. Read the verses of scripture out loud to yourself because of what Romans 10:17 says. Read them again if they do not make sense. Continue reading them until you can answer the question or until somethi...

  Can a mother’s son be her father? Read Luke 1:26-38 How many features of the person and mission of the promised child can be discerned in the words of the angel?  Make a list of them. Whenever you are doing a Bible study and you get a question like this, seemingly simple to put on paper.  “Just...