Robert Parham from the Baptist Center for Ethics has issued an interesting challenge…see below.

Some 4,000 global Baptist leaders focused on the same biblical text–Luke 4:18-19–at the 20th Baptist World Congress.

They heard five addresses on Jesus’ agenda. Additionally, three concurrent morning Bible studies on the Luke 4 text were offered in Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.

What would happen if the readers of EthicsDaily.com did the same thing? What if we all studied Luke 4 this fall?

As one who ascribes to the mustard seed conspiracy, I believe that something needed and profound could happen.

In Jesus’ parable of the mustard seed, something as insignificant as the smallest of seeds grows into a mighty shrub. Likewise, something as insignificant as a Bible study can bring significant moral renewal in our congregations and culture.

I hope you will join the mustard seed conspiracy. Look at our online, undated curriculum: The Agenda: 8 Lessons from Luke 4. Note the accompanying leader’s guide. Click to get the Bible commentary from the School of Religion at Belmont University. Join the mustard seed conspiracy.

I hope you’ll join in!

Bo Prosser