Parables of Redemptive Joy
Luke 15:1-10 Well, we are backin Luke 15 this week and this timelooking at the theme of redemptive joy in the first two parables. Jesus gives a, as you know,a series of three parables here in Luke 15: the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Lost Son. The three of these parables are directed at the Pharisees and the scribes because of their, well, we just call it a poor reaction to the salvation of sinners rather than rejoicing…
Parables of Redemptive Love
Luke 15:1-10 Today we are entering into one of the best known and most beloved chapters in the whole Bible, which is Luke chapter 15. So you can turn there, you’re not already there. Luke 15.Luke 15 is a series of three parables, as you probably know, the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son. The lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son and together those three parables paint for us a, a precious, precious portrait…
The Future of Evangelicalism
Travis assigned me for this section to speak about the future of evangelicalism. And, a, I’m not a prophet or son of a prophet. I’ve never even managed to make a profit on any investment or business venture that I’ve ever made. But people ask me all the time, “What do you think the next big challenge to the Gospel will be?” And I have learned to decline to make any kind of predictions like that because my stock answer…