Scripture Text: Luke 21

Bryan Buck

Quotes for Reflection

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either—but right through every human heart—and through all human hearts.

Darrell Bock, The Gospel of Luke: NIV Commentary

When one looks at a powerful nation, it is easy to think that it will exist forever. Most people at the height of the Roman empire would have found it difficult to imagine that it would one day be relegated to the pages of history. Other institutions also take on this air of indestructibility, one of them being the temple. In Jesus’ day, it was in the midst of a grand rebuilding program. Starting about 20  ...