Philippians 3:8-11
Luke 14:12-14 Well, we are back in Luke 14. Jesus teaching on the subject of humility and he’s doing that while he is sharing company with the proud, eating a meal. He’s been invited to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees on a Sabbath day. It’s after, an after-synagogue dinner, hosted by a wealthy powerful man, probably located…
Luke 14:7-11 Let’s turn our attention now to Luke Chapter 14. If you’re not there, you can take your Bible and turn there to Luke 14. Last week we started into the first 24 verses, at which we said is a single unit of thought, as a single theme governing that whole section where Jesus is in the home of a Pharisee,…
Luke 14:1-6 Open your Bibles to the fourteenth chapter of Luke’s gospel and we are in the first few verses of Luke 14 today, in Luke 14:1-6. And as we enter into chapter 14, I want to begin by helping you see this opening narrative in its larger context. So let’s start by reading the first twenty four verses of Luke 14…
Selected Scriptures Alright, greetings everyone. Welcome to the theology hour. Let me open with a word of prayer. Father, thank you so much for the day we’ve had so far. And it is a joy to worship together as a local church and under the authority of Jesus Christ. We thank you for the world that we live in. That everywhere we…
Luke 13:31-35 We’re back in Luke’s gospel today, so I’d invite you to turn in your Bibles to the 13th chapter of Luke and the final verses of the chapter, Luke 13:31 to 35. The last time we were here in this text, Jesus was warning the Jews about their complacency with regard to the Kingdom of God. And he told them,…
2 Corinthians 4:13-18 I invite you to return to 2 Corinthians 4, and we’ll wrap up the three-part series that we have been doing on the Christian ministry. 2 Corinthians chapter 4. Today we’re looking at verses 13 to 18, the last part of that chapter. But we will begin by reading the whole chapter, starting in verse 1. 2 Corinthians 4:1. …
Alright, let’s, let’s open in a word of prayer. Father, thank you so much for a wonderful day that we have had in your presence and with one another. It is such a joy to see the life of Christ in each and every one of us as we fellowship around the word and as we share life together. We thank you…