1. Exploring the Bible! Sunday evenings a major week by week exploration of the books of the Bible Tonight:Luke Every Sunday evening at ‘Bible Explorer’ ‘what does this book mean for us today?’

2. Who wrote it? Luke a Greek and the only Gentile Christian writer of the New Testament. Luke is a physician. Luke was a faithful friend and travel companion of Paul. He wrote the book of Acts as a sequel to the Gospel of Luke.book of Acts

3. Why was Luke written? Luke was written Circa 60 A.D to the Gentile world To Theophilus, meaning "the one who loves God“ To those who loved God - to God Fearers. To give a reliable and precise record of the history of Jesus Christ's lifeJesus Christ's

4. Themes in the Gospel of Luke: God became flesh to be our Saviour Luke gives a detailed and accurate record so that readers can trust with certainty that Jesus is God. Luke portrays Jesus' profound interest in people and relationships. relationships Luke gives special emphasis to prayer, miracles and angels. Women are given an important place in Luke's writings.

5. Outline: Birth and Preparation Luke 1:1-4:13 Message and Ministry Luke 4:14-21:38 Death and Resurrection Luke 22:1-24:53

6. A Prayer for the feast of St Luke the Physician Almighty God, who called Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist and Physician of the soul; May it please you that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed. Through the merits of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

7. Key Verses Then he said to them all (Peter’s confession): "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? Luke 9:23-25 Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." Luke 19:9-10Abraham