In this passage Jesus reveals what the life of a disciple should look like in His kingdom. Just what does it mean to Bear The Family Image of Jesus Christ? What Jesus teaches will challenge our values, reshape our priorities, and call us to a new way of living. (Luke 6:20-36)
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The calling by Jesus of a tax-collector named Levi was a shocking choice that would reveal how both the religious establishment and even those who were irreligious would need to get used to “different” because of Jesus! In this account we see a pattern that often repeats as Jesus extends invitations to follow Him, not just to the early disciples, but with us as well. (Luke 5:27-39)
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Today we travel to Nazareth to explore How It All Began, as Jesus launches His public ministry. There in His hometown synagogue, Jesus takes the future and brings it into the present. He announces to those in attendance that everything they’ve been longing for and praying for… everything they’ve doubted might ever happen, is happening right now through Him. (Luke 4:14-44)
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In our text today we will read about the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness of Judea. What was so important about the temptation of Christ? And what does His temptation mean for those of us who are believers and followers of Jesus? (Luke 4:1-13)
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True repentance is not just about doing better or working harder. It’s about understanding how completely lost we are and how much we desperately need Jesus. The 19th century preacher Charles Spurgeon says this about how quickly God runs to meet us in our repentance: “No eye is quicker to see the mercy of God than the eye washed with the tears of repentance.” (Luke 3)
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This message considers a major Turning of The Tide, the most significant Tide Change in all human history…when The Son of God becomes a man. (Luke 2)
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The Gospel According to Luke was written so that we might know with certainty who Jesus is. Luke starts with the story of a childless couple named Zechariah and Elizabeth, set in a dark season in the life of God’s people. (Luke 1)
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In this final chapter of Ecclesiastes we find the aged Teacher, Solomon, passing on good advice to future generations by exhorting everyone from young to old live with resolve and to die without regret. (Ecclesiastes 12:1-8)
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In this chapter Solomon encourages the followers of The LORD that Life is to be lived to the fullest – cheerfully, reverently, deliberately! The wise refuse to settle for a grim existence of emptiness and vanity; they are motivated by the radiant goodness of God daily surrounding them, the don’t wait to live… they live now! (Ecclesiastes 11:1-10)
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For Solomon, a fool is not someone with a lack of intellectual ability, but someone who has lost their moral compass… the fool is one who doesn’t fear God or follow His ways. In this message we consider the futility of foolishness. (Ecclesiastes 10:1-20)
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