Luke

The Waiting Father and the Lost: the Parable of the Prodigal Son

(Audio Unavailable) Luke 15:11-32
Jesus tells the story of a father who loved and sought to restore his two sons—one who was outwardly rebellious (the “prodigal”) and the other who was inwardly resentful (the elder brother). Jesus’ parable shows that, whatever our spiritual condition, we all need the Father’s love and grace, and need to progress from rebellion and resentment to become more like the loving Father.

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Jesus and the Lost

Luke 15:1-10
Jesus responds to his critiques who accused him of associating with “sinners” by telling the parables of the lost sheep and lost coin. These parables showed how he had come to seek after, find, restore and rejoice over lost sinners who have been found.

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Communion with God: Fasting (Part 1)

Luke 5:33-39
People fast for many different reasons, such as health, dieting, or religion. Why do Christians fast? That’s a question that was posed to Jesus when some people asked, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” His answer gets to the biblical purpose for fasting. In this sermon, we try to understand what Jesus says about fasting and the role it serves in our communion with God.

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Glory to God in the Highest!

Luke 2:8-20

The word is spread when a baby is born. Phone calls are made, pictures are posted, texts are sent, and cards are sent out. In this passage, we see the most important birth announcement of all. This birth announcement proclaimed “good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” What made Jesus’ birth so important that a multitude of angels declared, “Glory to God in the Highest?”

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And She Gave Birth to Her Firstborn Son…and Laid Him in a Manger

Luke 2:1-7

After traveling through the first chapter of Luke, we now come to the main event in his birth narrative. Jesus is born. But few things about his birth are what we would have expected. He was born to a peasant couple, in an animal shelter, laid in a filthy manger. To top it all off, his first visitors were lowly shepherds. What did all of this mean? Why was the Savior of the world born under such humble circumstances?

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