DAVID RAMOS

Each Gospel in the New Testament aims to accomplish something unique.Matthew: to show Jesus as the Jewish Messiah and the fulfillment of every promise.Mark: to get every person swept up into the drama of Gods coming kingdom.John: to convey the scandalous love of a relentless God.Luke has a different approach. Rather than simply learn about Jesus through his book, Luke wants his readers to develop a skill. A habit. Whereas Matthew, Mark, and John write to get us to see Jesus, Luke writes to get us to see as Jesus sees.The subtle difference is a cosmic shift when played out in reality. Lukes Gospel is less of a textbook to be studied and more of an invitation to be accepted. Therefore, we might say his purpose is the following.Luke: to magnify the minority, as Jesus does.Theres a modern analogy which I think parallels what Luke was trying to accomplish all those centuries ago when the world first began to be invaded by the kingdom of God.When I was in grade school, my mom bought a picture for the wall in our basement. It was a repeating pattern of blue and green swirls interrupted by black and orange dots. She hung it right above the couch and then motioned for my brother and me to come stare at it.As we stared into the very odd picture (which did not match anything else of my moms "style"), mom stared back at us. She was just waiting there, anticipating some reaction. Not wanting to disappoint, I told her "yeah mom, I really like it all the blue and stuff"."No" she replied, "what do you see in the picture?" I literally had no idea what she was talking about. Hadnt I just stared at the picture for the last minute? What else was there to see?Mom came over, placed her hands on the side of my head to direct my gaze, and told me to look into the picture. "Dont just look at the swirls" she said, "what are the swirls hiding?"So I concentrated and stared as hard as my little brain would allow me to. And thenit happened. The picture shifted in my minds eye. I started to see the outline of a horse. Just barely at first. But then I got it. I saw the picture beyond the picture.If youve never seen a stereogram (which is the name for this optical illusion), it can be pretty frustrating the first time you try to break through the patterned image. But once you do, once your brain makes the shift between what is out in front and what is underneath, its almost impossible to go back. You see the hidden image every time. Your brain adjusts to the new pattern. The deeper picture.This is what we find in Lukes Gospel. A stereogram in writing form. On the surface, another perspective of the same Jesus stories. Beneath, an invitation to do everything differently. To see and act and spend and fight and preach and serve in a whole new way.So how does this radical shift take place? Not by explaining to us a what, but rather, by introducing us to a who.Welcome to the story Luke tells, about the people Jesus loves

Over 150,000 Distributed!The Christian life requires an immense amount of faith. Often when frustrations and challenges arise, we are left wondering where God is.Thousands of years ago a man found himself in the same struggle. God had chosen Abraham for great things. But the man who would go on to become the Father of Nations had to first learn how to take the smallest steps of faith.How did Abraham become a character of legendary faith? And how can we learn from his example so that we can become the great men and women God has called us to be?Climbing with Abraham is a 30-day devotional which answers these questions. In this short book you will be challenged, inspired and taught how to become a faith giant!Start your journey today and take the climb with one of the greatest Biblical characters towards your purpose!

Transporte aéreo y territorio es una obra dirigida al público universitario y en general a lectores interesados en conocer las transformaciones recientes que han tenido lugar en uno de los modos de transporte mas dinamicos del ultimo siglo y su relacion con el territorio.