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Sermon: Mirroring Jesus’ Overcoming of Temptation
What has been your experience with temptation? Are you currently being tempted to sin? We’ve all been tempted to disobey the Lord and to doubt the Lord. We’ve all yielded to temptations and experienced
Continue reading...Luke 15:11-32, The Parable of the Two Lost Sons
The Parable of the Two Lost Sons 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided
Continue reading...Luke 15:8-10, The Parable of the Lost Coin
The Parable of the Lost Coin 8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it,
Continue reading...Luke 15:1-7, The Parable of the Lost Sheep
The Parable of the Lost Sheep 1 Now the tax collectors and “sinners” were all gathering around to hear him. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes
Continue reading...Sermon on Luke 8:40-56, Risky Faith
Luke 8:40 When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. 41 Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’s feet and
Continue reading...Sermon on Luke 23:32-33, 39-43, Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise
“Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals – one on his right, the
Continue reading...Unusual Healings – Luke 8:40-56
Do you find it weird that once people got healed just from Peter’s shadow falling on them (Acts 5:15,16) or from one of Paul’s handkerchiefs touching them (Acts 19:12)? Divine healing through
Continue reading...Inappropriate Fear – Luke 8:26-39
“COVID-19 fears keep millions of Americans from seeking hospital care” So reads the headline of the Star Tribune in June 2020. The virus is to be feared, but people with serious, life-threatening illnesses
Continue reading...Great Joy – Luke 24:50-53
The other Gospels show us other appearances of Jesus to the disciples in Galilee that Luke leaves out. Luke skips these and goes to Jesus’ ascension to heaven from the Mount of Olives. It is
Continue reading...Peace to You – Luke 24:36-49
TheFreeDictionary.com defines a body as “The entire material or physical structure of an organism.” But what makes my body my body? It is the entire structure, but that includes my unique
Continue reading...Burning Hearts – Luke 24:13-35
What does it feel like to be rebuked by Jesus? It hurts good. Peter was rebuked (“Get behind me, Satan”), John and James were rebuked (those sons of thunder), and these two precious disciples,
Continue reading...Testimony to the Resurrection – Luke 24:1-12
There has been much made by skeptics of the seemingly irreconcilable details in the four Gospels about the resurrection of Jesus. Did the women come to the tomb at dawn or was it still dark? How many
Continue reading...Joseph of Arimathea – Luke 23:50-56
Wikipedia has a great article on Joseph of Arimathea: Matthew 27:57 described him simply as a rich man and disciple of Jesus, but according to Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea was “a respected
Continue reading...Oh Horrible, Happy Day – Luke 23:44-49
“Oh Happy Day” is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of an 18th-century hymn by clergyman Philip Doddridge. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969, reaching
Continue reading...Thief on the Cross – Luke 23:39-42
The Apostles’ Creed, as I learned it, says, “He was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven.” The phrase, “He
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