Today we start our travels with Luke as he meets people who actually knew Jesus. He met and interviewed people like Mary, Elizabeth, Zechariah and many others over the years. Luke himself said he ‘carefully investigated everything from the beginning’ indicating he searched out many sources and compared their accounts before writing. He wasn’t interested in passing on rumours or second-hand stories. He offered a factual, carefully researched study of the life of Jesus. Why? So we may know the certainty of the things we have been taught. Jesus did live; Jesus did teach and perform miracles; Jesus did die and rise again. What we learn is that our faith in Jesus is grounded in reality, not myths and legends.

Bible Passage: Luke 1:1-4 Pastor: Jim de Witte