Chunks: The Gospel of Luke

Cameron Lee
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Dig into the gospel of Luke, one 5 - 10 minute CHUNK at a time! This show is entitled God's Plan and People.

  1. Episode 1

    Episode 1: Who was Luke?

    Let’s start with what might sound like a trick question: who wrote “The Gospel of Luke”? The tradition has been to assign the third gospel to Luke, the beloved physician, and I will assume the same here. But it’s instructive to consider why that assignment isn’t as obvious as it might seem at first. We’ll explore such issues in this opening episode, along with the question of why it was important to have a written gospel in the first place.

  2. Episode 2

    Episode 2: The opening act

    Bible scholars agree that the gospel of Luke functions like the first volume in a two-volume set; we know volume 2 as the book of Acts. In our Bibles, the two books are separated by the gospel of John, so we rarely read them together. But if the two were written together, and Luke is the author of both, then our understanding of the gospel should be shaped by the way it anticipates the story of the Gentile mission in Acts. That’s why this show is entitled, “God’s Plan and People”—the title reflects two major themes of both Luke and Acts.

  3. Episode 3

    Episode 3: More than a remake

    Why do we have four gospels instead of just one, especially since there’s so much overlap between Matthew, Mark, and Luke (which are known collectively as the Synoptic gospels)? In the previous episode, I suggested that the gospel of Luke needs to be read in light of the book of Acts; here, I will suggest that we also need to consider how Luke’s gospel differs from those of Matthew and Mark. And when we look at what’s unique to Luke, one of the themes that emerges is that the Christian movement of his day was to be seen as the fulfillment of God’s ancient plan and promise.

  4. Episode 4

    Episode 4: Justice for the poor and needy

    Psalm 140:12 reads: “I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.” These words express a theme that shows up repeatedly in the Psalms and other Old Testament texts. It also seems to be a major theme of Luke’s. He wasn’t just concerned to show that God always had a plan, and that Christianity was its fulfillment; he also wanted to emphasize that the plan included creating a people who would embody his character in their care for the poor and needy.

  5. Episode 5

    Episode 5: Who was Theophilus?

    One of the reasons that the books of Luke and Acts are considered two parts of a single work (known as Luke-Acts) is that both begin with introductory words (e.g., Luke 1:1-4) addressed to a man named Theophilus. Nothing for certain is known about him, but comparing Luke’s words to other writings of the time can help us make some intelligent guesses about his role.

  6. Episode 6

    Episode 6: Servants of the word

    We live in a world in which books and other media are taken for granted. The same could not be said of Luke and his readers; the stories they knew about Jesus were told to them, not read in a book. Luke, therefore, is one of the writers who decided to “draw up an account of the events that have been fulfilled among us” (1:1). He probably interviewed eyewitnesses to the life and ministry of Jesus, people whom he calls “servants of the word” (vs. 2).

  7. Episode 7

    Episode 7: An orderly account

    To write a history of something or someone, you need the facts: the who, what, when, and where. But to write a compelling history, you need to address the why—and that means telling a good story. The gospels are not records of events listed in chronological order; that’s not what Luke means by “an orderly account” (1:3). He has a story to tell, which he tells in his own way, with his own emphases, and the same is true for the other gospel writers. And as I’ll suggest in this episode, that’s why it may not be a good idea to try to “harmonize” the four gospels into one.

  8. Episode 8

    Episode 8: Whose story is it?

    Each of the gospels tells the story of Jesus from a particular perspective, and each begins in a different place. Where you begin a story is not a random choice, but a deliberate decision of how to set the stage for the story that follows. After a brief introduction in which he addresses Theophilus directly, Luke begins by introducing the parents of John the Baptist: the priest Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth (1:5-7). Why begin the story of Jesus there?

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Dig into the gospel of Luke, one 5 - 10 minute CHUNK at a time! This show is entitled God's Plan and People.

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  • Creator
    Cameron Lee
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Cameron Lee. All rights reserved.
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