Teaching by Travis Allen (Page 57)

Teaching by Travis Allen (Page 57)

Zechariah’s Gospel Doxology

Luke 1:67-79 As we continue in Luke’s Gospel, we’re coming to the final section in this massive first chapter—eighty verses. That’s like four chapters in any epistle. So, eighty verses, good job. We’ve come through it; we’re getting to the end here. And this is Zechariah’s song. It’s also known as the Benedictus. This is the longest of all the canticles, all the songs, in Luke’s Gospel. As you can see there, it runs from verse 60 to verse 79.…

When God Shows Favor

Luke 1:57-66 We’re back in Luke’s gospel this morning, and I am rejoicing at that.  So, turn in your Bibles to the first chapter of Luke.  And we’re in Luke 1, verse 57.  We’re coming into the final narrative scene of chapter 1.  Which is, as you know, set at the time of the birth of John the Baptist.  We, we were last in the text when Mary visited Elizabeth at the urging of the angel Gabriel.  Elizabeth was in…

Faithful Evangelism, Part 2

Acts 17:24-34 Today, go ahead and turn in your Bibles to Acts 17. Today, we’re getting back into our little two-part message on evangelism. We just wanted to jump into that subject of evangelism last week and this week because we know so many students are going back to school, routines are getting back into fall routines and we have an opportunity, again, to remind ourselves of what we’re here to do on earth. We’re not here just to fellowship…

Grace Bible Hour

Selected Scriptures An introduction to our Grace Bible Hour teaching in Ephesians. Previous studies can be found here.  here

Faithful Evangelism, Part 1

Acts 17:16-23 This weekend is Labor Day weekend, which means it’s the start of the fall season. We pastors often think of our church calendar, not in terms of January to December, but in terms of September to August because fall season kicks off school routines and change in schedules, getting back into the flow of, of life that is kind of defined by our culture and its demands on us. And as we do that together as a church,…

Belong to the People of Promise

Luke 1:54-55 Go ahead and turn in your Bibles to Luke’s Gospel and we are in Luke 1:46–55, the Song of Mary. We’ve been studying the Mary’s Magnificat, and we’ve come to the final stanza of just what a wonderful, magnificent song that is. And we want to read the entire song one more time because when we read it today in its entirety, we’re going to leave it behind as we go on next week. So, just to enjoy…

Why God is Great

Luke 1:49-53 Let’s get into the word of God this morning. As we come to our time in God’s word this morning,you can open your Bibles to Luke Chapter 1 and verse 46. Luke 1:46.We’re going to continue our study of Mary’s Magnificat. We’ll read it together again as we get started this morning. While you’re turning there, in Psalm 113, the psalmist asks one of the best rhetorical questions in all of Scripture. Psalm 113 verse 5, the psalmist…

A Practical Guide to Glorifying God

Luke 1:46-49 Well, as we turn to God’s word this morning, we want to enter into the study here of Luke chapter 1. You can turn there in your Bibles. We’re getting into a study of a very, very beautiful, joyful portion of Luke’s Gospel. It’s Luke 1:46, and perhaps the best way we can introduce this section of Scripture is just to start by reading the passage together, just let the words of this passage fill the air. So,…