Luke 8:16-18; Luke 11:33-36 Have you ever met a person who was so suspicious of other people that they couldn’t accept that anything may be done without an ulterior motive? Maybe someone brings her a cup of coffee as a nice welcome gesture to the new team at work, but she thinks the coffee is...
Text: Luke 18:9-14 What do think about when you think about humility? Do you picture a simple person, or a modest person, or a helper-behind-the scenes? Perhaps growing up your teachers and parents impressed upon you that humility meant not making a big deal about yourself, not bragging or taking up all the attention, but...
Luke 16:19-31 “I’m not a bad person…I just live my life and don’t bother anyone.” How many times have you heard this before? It’s a popular sentiment in our culture. We tend to assume that doing wrong means harming other people by our direct actions. We associate doing what is wrong with actions like lying,...
“The Surprising, Expanding, Confounding Nature of the Kingdom of God” June 7, 2020; Texts: Luke 13:10-17, 18-21 Have you ever wondered how God works in the world? What the fulfillment of God’s promises to us looks and sounds like in our own earthly experience? Jesus sought to teach us something about the kingdom of God...
