Luke 5:1-26You Will Be Catching Men Last week’s passage revealed Jesus’ authority over the spiritual world (when he cast out demons) and over the physical world (when he healed diseases). This week’s passage reveals his authority over two more realms. Before Jesus healed the...
Luke 4:31-44More Than Words After being rejected in his hometown of Nazareth, Jesus taught in the synagogue in Capernaum. The people were astonished – not because he was an articulate, eloquent speaker (though I’m confident he was) but because he spoke with authority. Pastor Dave...
Luke 4:14-30Jesus Begins His Ministry In his hometown synagogue, Jesus stands to read from Isaiah 61:1-2 and then sits to instruct the congregation, saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” Pastor Dave described the people’s reaction &ndash...
Luke 3:23 – 4:13The Temptation of Jesus As a final preparation for public ministry, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where he fasted for forty days. Then, Satan appeared to tempt Jesus in his time of physical weakness. Pastor Dave taught that, while we do not face the...
Luke 2:41-52The Favor of God Was Upon Him The ESV Bible titles this week’s passage “The Boy Jesus in the Temple.” Pastor Dave taught through it verse by verse, pointing out what was normal (leaving a child behind, for example) and what was not normal (such as a 12-year-old boy...
Holy to Yahweh1 Peter 1:13-25 Guest preacher Kelly Larson called us to consider our holiness. As believers, we are holy positionally; we are justified because Jesus’ perfect righteousness is reckoned to us. But we are also commanded to become holy, which is another way of saying, be...
Luke 1:57-80The Spark of Redemption Guest preacher Tyler Anderson’s sermon was a call to marvel, starting with the events surrounding the birth and naming of John the Baptist, the forerunner to the Messiah. The neighbors and relatives who rejoiced with Elizabeth over the birth of her son...
Luke 1:39-56Responses to the Message Pastor Dave’s sermon this week continued the theme of “compare and contrast.” As for comparing, Elizabeth and Mary both received confirmation of what the angel Gabriel had said. Fetal John the Baptist leapt in Elizabeth’s womb at the...
Luke 1:5-25Birth of John the Baptist Foretold Luke recounts the foretelling of John the Baptist’s birth (vv5-25) alongside the foretelling of Jesus’ birth (vv26-38), inviting us to compare the two events. The similarities emphasize the consistent ways in which God operates. The...
Luke 1:1-4Introduction We have finished our study of Kings in the Old Testament and turned our attention to Luke in the New, but it’s not the case that we are shifting gears completely. Pastor Dave emphasized that both are parts of the same redemptive story. Kings told us the “bad...