A celebration of the Last Supper and the New Covenant
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Sermons on Luke (Page 2)
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27 We think of peace as being a time where there is no fighting and everyone’s happy. But we know that doesn’t…
6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6 For us to find true Joy, we must submit to the Glory of God which is found in Jesus.
13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”…
16 But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. 17 And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ 18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I…
People massage their lineage by scrubbing some from the family tree (don’t mention great-grandfather that was the village idiot or other unsavory characters. Matthew, however, when listing the family tree of Jesus, doesn’t scrub clean or try to hide anything from the line. So, he begins with Abraham and recounts generation to generation of real…
Has Christmas just become another holiday season with great expectations, where the true meaning is lost? So much has been lost in this time of COVID, and I don’t want to lose my usual Christmas. Mary and Joseph would understand how you and I feel. When this teenage mom and her new husband stepped into…
The parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke, is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First a Jewish priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveler. Samaritans and Jews despised each other, but the…
From now on, Peter, you will catch men. So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:10b-11 What’s keeping you from fully following Jesus? Do you want to be a disciple? A disciple goes out into the world. A disciple makes disciples. A disciple leaves everything to be like…
Are you ready to be a disciple? Jesus tells us to consider the cost because it is going to cost you something. You can be the sanitized version of cultural Christian and blend right in, but if you follow Jesus, it is going to cost you something. You are going to be different. Jesus says,…