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In Context with Patrick Boyns
by Patrick Boyns
In Context is a weekly radio show broadcast each Monday evening and now brought to you as a podcast. My name is Patrick, I’m one of life’s strugglers but I’ve come to find strength and hope in the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. He’s my teacher, and I’m learning to follow him throughout life’s journey. I’ve been reading and Learning and studying and thinking about the Scriptures for more years than I can remember. And I've been greatly blessed with opportunities to teach others over the years, in all sorts of places and in all different kinds of circumstances. This show has evolved over the months, and will likely continue to do so as I try to work out what works best – so I welcome all feedback from my listener! I've tried to see things in their historical and literary contexts, along with considering something of the missional matters to be drawn out of the text. So come with me on a journey through the Scriptures, beginning w
Episodes
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Houses and healings
Luke 4:38–44. We remain in Capernaum, and we find ourselves amidst the ruins of a cluster of approximately twelve houses, occupied during the first century AD, and close to the ruins of a synagogue. Buried beneath the remains of an octagonal, Byzantine church, are the ruins of one particular…
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Words of authority
Luke 4:31–37. Most of those living in Capernaum were Jews, and they worked as fishermen and farmers, potters and traders, along with various officials – including the tax collectors. There was a small Roman garrison stationed there, who almost certainly enjoyed far better living conditions than...
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Rejection at Nazareth
Luke 4:20–30. Following his reading from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah, Jesus sparks a most dramatic response from those of his own home town. He addresses the reaction in three distinct ways, but rather than listen and learn from the great Teacher, they responded with deep anger. For those…
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At the Nazareth synagogue
Luke 4:14–20. We have returned to Galilee, in the power of the Spirit, and a report about Jesus goes out through all the surrounding country. He teaches in their synagogues, and is glorified by all. Records of Jesus teaching are interspersed with records of miraculous activity, but the emphasis...
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“It is written”
Luke 4:1–13. This episode is generally referred to as “The Temptation of Jesus” … but we shouldn’t think that this was the only occasion on which he was tempted. It is a notable event in the life of Jesus as he begins his public life, and one in which he is to be clearly identified with the…
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Son of God … Son of Man
Luke 3:23–38. We slightly retrace our steps and consider the matter of Jewish Messianic expectations in light of John’s response to the people. It is as if John is wanting to begin to dispel traditional messianic expectations and open minds to an alternative, more complete understanding of the…
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The words of the prophet John
Luke 3:1–22. Having begun this account with a record of the announcement and birth of the prophet, John, it only makes sense that Luke should begin the main section of this book with a record of his work. But before he does this, he sets the main story within the context of world history. I think...
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In my Father’s house
Luke 2:41–52. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. So begins the only account we have of…
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The righteous man and the prophetess
Luke 2:21–40. We’ve come to a particularly beautiful scene in Luke’s infancy narratives, though not without a degree of trepidation. Simeon is a remarkable character and I’ve often wondered whether he had witnessed the rather unusual events that had taken place at the temple just over a year...
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A Saviour is born this day
Luke 2:1–20. A child has been born, but unlike any other child that has ever come into this world – this was the very Son of God – and we’re simply told: “… she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger.” Never before had God and mankind been so...
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The prophecy of the priest
Luke 1:57–80. At the beginning of this infancy narrative the attention had been on Zechariah, the priest, whilst he was in the temple. Now it is upon Elizabeth, the mother – and maybe this isn’t particularly surprising when recording a birth, but the emphasis seems to be on the fact that “the…
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Magnificat – the song of Mary
Luke 1:46–56. Following the visit from Gabriel, Mary headed south into the Hill country of Judaea to visit Elizabeth, and to share with her in the joy of the Lord, that he should have blessed them in such a way as this. The focus of Luke has been on the presence of the Holy Spirit and the…
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The true beauty of Mary
Luke 1:26–45. Far from the busyness, and splendour, and pomp and circumstance of the temple, this birth announcement takes place in the country, and is given to one who appears to be no more than an ordinary maiden of no particular consequence. Mary’s response was not one of disbelief, as had…
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A message for Zechariah
Luke 1:5–25. The action begins! Luke is a master storyteller, he is a first-rate theologian – but he is also every bit as much an historian and sets his narrative within a framework of world events. The initial action begins at the very heart of the city of Jerusalem – within the Holy Place of…
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The reason for the Gospel of Luke
Luke 1:1–4. Luke is the only one of the four Gospel writers to include a ‘Prologue’ of this nature to his work. And it’s really rather revealing as it offers a unique insight into his process as an author. There is a strong emphasis on the power and vitality of the word of God throughout these...
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Luke, the terribly useful
One of the things which has, for a long time, been of great concern to me when we are reading the Scriptures, is that we learn to read and understand them in context. Whether we are reading about Jesus or of events which happened long before his time, we are reading of things which took place in…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In Context is a weekly radio show broadcast each Monday evening and now brought to you as a podcast.
My name is Patrick, I’m one of life’s strugglers but I’ve come to find strength and hope in the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. He’s my teacher, and I’m learning to follow him throughout life’s journey.
I’ve been reading and Learning and studying and thinking about the Scriptures for more years than I can remember. And I've been greatly blessed with opportunities to teach others over the years, in all sorts of places and in all different kinds of circumstances.
This show has evolved over the months, and will likely continue to do so as I try to work out what works best – so I welcome all feedback from my listener! I've tried to see things in their historical and literary contexts, along with considering something of the missional matters to be drawn out of the text.
So come with me on a journey through the Scriptures, beginning w
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In Context is a weekly radio show broadcast each Monday evening and now brought to you as a podcast. My name is Patrick, I’m one of life’s strugglers but I’ve come to find strength and hope in the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. He’s my teacher, and I’m learning to follow him throughout...
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