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“How can I be a Christian when I’m tempted like this?” I’m sure every Christian has thought this at times. An idea or an image about sin comes into our minds, and we think, “How can I think that and still be a Christian? Why does God allow me to be tempted like this?” Or to put it simply, What’s the point in temptation? In Luke 4:1-15, the story of Jesus’s temptation helps us understand the story of our temptation.

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There are few areas where Christians are so confused as the area of baptism. Whether it’s infant baptism or believer’s baptism, many believe that the waters of baptism are saving. So let me state this as clearly as possible. Baptism does not save. So, what does baptism do? If anyone should know what baptism stands for, it’s John the Baptist. Let’s ask him by studying his ministry in Luke 3:15-21.

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“Half of these patients are here because of unresolved guilt.” That’s what a consultant psychiatrist told a doctor friend of mine as they walked through a large mental health facility. “They need forgiveness,” he explained, “and I can’t help them with that.” The consultant, who wasn’t a Christian, cared deeply for his patients but felt hopeless and helpless in the face of the deepest human problem: “How can I get forgiveness?” Sadly, a few years later, the psychiatrist committed suicide. He knew the greatest question, but didn’t know the greatest answer. Let’s hear God’s answer through the ministry of John the Baptist in Luke 3:1-14.

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Parenting is the roughest toughest job in the world. Sometimes we get into such a mess, we ask ourselves, “What am I doing? What’s the point of all this stress? What’s the purpose of parenting?” Luke answers with a description of Jesus in Luke 2:39-52. And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him…And Jesus increased in wisdom and in statureand in favor with God and man (40, 52). What made Jesus such a perfect child?

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There are millions of books on how to live, but very few on how to die. Lots of people want to teach us how to put death off (through healthy living), but few teach on how to face up to death. Even if we do summon up the courage to talk about death, who can we trust on the subject? There aren’t exactly many people who can speak with experience about how to die. Many can help us to live, but who can help us to die? In Luke 2:21-38, we meet a dying man, Simeon, who met a baby that helped him to die. What is it about the new life of baby Jesus that gives a new view of death?