by Secretary | Oct 31, 2022 | Sermons
Climbing Trees Climbing Trees Another story about a tax collector. However, instead of a parable about a tax collector Jesus has an interesting encouter with a tax collector named Zacchaeus who has taken to climbing trees in order to see Jesus. Scripture: Luke 19:...
by Secretary | Oct 23, 2022 | Sermons
You Might Be Wrong You Might Be Wrong Today we continue to look at pray. Our need for it, how we approach it and through the act of prayer recognize where we put our trust. Scripture: Luke 18: 9-14 “You might be wrong.” Ever meet someone who is never wrong?...
by Secretary | Oct 18, 2022 | Sermons
The Long Arc of God’s Justice The Long Arc of God’s Justice Jesus continues to make connections about how our faith works and plays out in this world. Our passage from Luke this morning connects prayer, justice, and faith together. Indicating that each is...
by Secretary | Oct 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
What Does it Mean to have Faith? What Does it Mean to have Faith? What is faith? Where does it come from? If we fail at something that we associate with our religion does that mean we have insufficient faith? Our passage from Luke this morning helps us get to the...
by Secretary | Sep 26, 2022 | Sermons
When Jesus Tells Stories When Jesus tells Stories We like stories about Jesus, but when Jesus tells stories it’s a whole different situation. Jesus most often told stories in the form of parables. Sometimes we find them difficult to understand and sometimes we...
by Secretary | Sep 19, 2022 | Sermons
Children of the Light Children of the Light Our passage today is a difficult one. The key to interpreting it properly is ensuring we are reading it within its context, which is Luke’s gospel as a whole. Upon taking a second read of the passage a critical...
by Secretary | Sep 12, 2022 | Sermons
The Lost The Lost What does it mean to be lost? Too often we view this passage from Luke as a message about God’s unfailing love. While the message of this love is true, this passage speaks to more than God’s desire to seek us out when we are lost....
by Secretary | Sep 4, 2022 | Sermons
The Cost The Cost What does it mean to be a disciple? One of the hopes we may have for our lives is that it is joyful and good. That we might remember more moments of laughter than of sadness and that we would feel God’s abundant love. However, in our passage...
by Secretary | Aug 29, 2022 | Sermons
Who Are You Having Dinner With? Who Are You Having Dinner With? Jesus eats with a lot of different people in a lot of different settings. We might wonder why he accepts certain invitations, especially when we find him eating with individuals who we might identify as...
by Secretary | Aug 21, 2022 | Sermons
Divine Mercy Divine Mercy The theme of mercy is overflowing and abundant throughout scripture. It really should give us pause that Jesus was far more interested in speaking about mercy than he was about judgement. Our passage from Luke’s gospel provide a...
