For the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about “Sharing Our Faith”. Because God never intended for the Christian life to merely be a matter of coming to this building once a week, sitting down for an hour or two, and then going back out into the world to make money, spend money and have…
Shaped BY the cross into the shape OF the cross
Sermons on Luke
For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been talking about “Sharing Our Faith”. If we’re going to follow the example of Jesus Christ, then we’re going to have to reach out to the lost because Jesus came to “seek and to save the lost” (Luke 19:10). That was his mission, and it’s our mission as…
For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been talking about “Sharing Our Faith”. If we are going to follow the example of Jesus Christ, then we’re going to have to reach out to the lost because Jesus came to “seek and to save the lost” (Luke 19:10). That was his mission, and it’s our mission…
Have you ever had that experience where you’re looking for something, but you can’t see it even though it’s right in front of you? Sueanne will tell you that this happens to me frequently. I can look in the closet for a specific piece of clothing and insist that it’s not there only to discover…
If you’re a country music fan, you’re probably familiar with Travis Tritt. Several years ago, Travis revealed a little-known secret about his early years before he made it big. He was playing in out-of-the-way joints that sometimes got a bit dangerous. Drunken fans would start fights over the smallest matters. But Travis said he discovered…
This morning, we bring our study of the Lord’s Prayer to a close. It all began when the disciples of Jesus came to him in Luke chapter 11 and they asked him, “Lord, teach us to pray.” (Luke 11:1). And Jesus taught them to pray using these words: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.…
For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been taking a look at the Lord’s Prayer. Since this is a prayer that is quoted by people both young and old, I thought it would be interesting to find out how children pray the Lord’s Prayer. I heard about one child who actually thought God’s name…
Last week, we saw that the disciples of Jesus came to him with a request, “Lord, teach us to pray.” (Luke 11:1). And Jesus responded by giving them what we often refer to as the Lord’s Prayer. He said, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily…
The 11th chapter of the gospel of Luke begins with these words: “Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray…’” (Luke 11:1) The disciples had been with Jesus for months, maybe even years at this point. They had…
The story is told of a father who was driving down the road and his 5-year-old son was in the backseat. And the boy says, “Dad, how do you spell God?” And his father is thrilled. Because he thinks to himself, “Finally! After all those nights reading Bible stories, going to church, being a…