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Certainty in Uncertain Times: Luke 1.1-4

Luke is writing to a people who are asking a lot of good questions.  Last Sunday we learned about taking a look for ourselves and sorting out for ourselves what happened.  Luke writes in a way that invites anyone form any background to explore what's happened.  Can we trust what we are looking at?  We can take a closer look at Jesus.  The Bible tells us who God is.  How can we trust the Bible?  Luke begins here and his audience does not have a Jewish background.  We can relate to this in a lot of ways because we have uncertainty every day.  How do you know what you know?  There's questions and uncertainty.  Yesterday I was faced with a dilemma, with uncertainty.  I was faced with a new flavor of ice cream.  I know what I like and it was available.  Do I stay with what I like or do I try something new?  How do I know if I should try a new flavor or not?  If you're wrestling with whether or not to be...