Luke 1:72-75 Go ahead and turn to Luke’s Gospel. Luke, Chapter 1 and we’re in that section from verses 67 to 80, the last part of the chapter. On the first of this month, October 1, 2015, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly. Some of you may have read that speech or read about it, or even…

Luke 1:68-71 Luke chapter 1, verse 68—there’s a design in the text as we talked about last week, the intention of the Holy Spirit to cause us to slow down and linger a little while on Zechariah’s Benedictus, his song of salvation, a prophetic word. Last week we used the hour to get an overview of this rich, very, very profound 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…

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…

Luke 1:54-55 Go ahead and turn in your Bibles to Luke’s Gospel; we are in Luke 1:46–55, the Song of Mary. We’ve been studying 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,…

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. 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…

Luke 1:39-45 Let’s get into the Word. Okay, Luke chapter 1. I’m hoping that last week’s review of where we have been in Luke helped prime the pump for you to get ready for moving ahead, and that’s what we’re going to do today, continuing to move forward in Luke chapter 1. So, you can locate Luke 1:39. We’re going to continue…

Luke 1:33-38   Well, take your Bibles in hand and open them to Luke 1:26—Luke 1:26, for our final sermon on this section.  We’ll begin by reading one more time that passage—Luke 1:26 to 35—and this account is nothing short of amazing.  Its depth is staggering.  Its simplicity is incredible.  Without a doubt this is the Word of God.  You can tell…