As we pick up in our preaching journey through Luke, let me review for just a moment.

Recently, we looked at the passage from Luke 9, verses 57-62. It was the story of Jesus’ encounter with three different men and their discussion about what it meant to be a follower of Jesus. Jesus spoke demanding words to all of them, concluding with that dramatic exhortation: “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

But there is another side to the story. A man was complaining to a friend about the woman he had married and recently divorced. They were only married about nine months. “That woman made me a millionaire,” he said. That surprised the fellow. “Why in the world then,” he asked, “would you have divorced her if she made you a millionaire.” The first …