In this powerful sermon titled, "Life As We Know It," we delve into the thought-provoking passage from Luke 20:27-40. Join us as we explore the spiritual lessons embedded in these verses and understand how they relate to our everyday lives. As we study this portion of Scripture, we uncover the intriguing encounter between Jesus and the Sadducees who question Him about the concept of life after death. Through His response, Jesus reveals profound truths about the nature of eternal life and the resurrection. This sermon will help you gain a deeper understanding of these concepts and provide you with valuable insights to navigate your own spiritual journey. Whether you're seeking answers about life's purpose, grappling with the idea of life after death, or simply looking to enhance your knowledge of biblical teachings, this sermon offers an enlightening perspective that will leave you inspired and transformed.

Join us as we explore Luke 20:9-19, where Jesus tells a powerful parable to the people about God's faithful vineyard and His unchanging grace. In this powerful message, we delve into the meaning of God's unwavering grace, our duties as stewards, and the importance of bearing spiritual fruit. Discover how this parable speaks to our lives today and provides guidance for building a strong foundation of faith.

In this sermon entitled, "Criticizing the Authority of Jesus," Mark explores the passage of Luke 20:1-8, where Jesus is confronted by the religious leaders who question His authority. He explains how Jesus responds to their challenge with wisdom and grace, and how we can learn from His example. He also shows how this passage reveals the true identity and mission of Jesus, and why we should trust and follow Him as our Lord and Savior.

In this sermon, we will look at Luke 19:45-48 where Jesus cleanses the temple by driving out those who were selling and buying in God’s house, thereby, turning it from a house of prayer into a den of thieves. We will learn why Jesus did this, what He did after this, and how He did this. We will also learn how to apply this story to our lives today.

We will see that Jesus cleansed the temple out of zeal for God’s glory, out of love for God’s people, and out of authority from God’s power.

He showed us what it means to live for God and not for ourselves.

He showed us what it means to be His disciples and not just His fans.

He showed us what it means to be His witnesses and not just His admirers.

Join us as we explore the account of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem as He weeps over Jerusalem in Luke 19:28-44. In this sermon, we will examine the significance of Jesus’ tears and what they reveal about His character and mission. We will also explore why Jesus weeps over Jerusalem and why He weeps over us as well. Jesus loves us, knows our future, and offers us peace; how will respond to the King who weeps?

In this sermon, we will explore how to overcome fear in serving God. We will look at the Parable of the Ten Minas in Luke 19:11-27 and learn how to use what God gives us to serve Him without fear. Join us as we discover how to be good stewards of what God has entrusted us with and how to use our talents and resources to further His Kingdom. We will explore what it means to invest in the Kingdom and be encouraged to actively engage in expanding God's Kingdom.

In this sermon based on Luke 19:1-10, we discover the transformational power of Jesus as we explore the story of Zacchaeus and how Jesus seeks out sinners and offers them salvation. We also learn how repentance leads to salvation by looking at 2 Corinthians 7:8-10. We see how Jesus searches for us, the significance of our encounter with Him, and the saving power that comes from knowing Him. This sermon provides practical application for how we can apply this transformational power to our lives.

In this message, we explore Luke 18:35-43 and discuss how we can remove our blind spots. Join us as we learn how to see ourselves and others more clearly through the eyes of Christ. We will examine how the healing of a blind beggar by Jesus in Jericho teaches us about our own spiritual blindness and how we can have our own blind spots removed to see God’s truth more clearly. This story teaches us about the power of faith and the importance of recognizing our own spiritual blindness.

We all have blind spots in our lives that prevent us from seeing the truth about ourselves and others. These blind spots can be caused by our own biases, prejudices, or fears. In order to grow in our faith and become more like Christ, we must be willing to remove these blind spots and see ourselves and others as God sees us. Join us as we dive into this powerful passage and learn how we can grow in our faith and understanding of God’s Word that results in following Jesus and praising God.

Have you considered following Christ? Today, we will be looking at the subject of discipleship and the cost and the reward of following Jesus.

In this powerful sermon, we dive into Luke 18:31-34 to explore the cost of following Christ. Jesus calls us to surrender our lives completely to Him, to give up our own desires and plans and follow His will. We will discuss the sacrifice that Christ made for us and the obedience that He requires of us in return. We will also explore the persecution that often comes with following Christ, but remembering the promise that we will never be alone. Join us as we count the cost and respond to Christ's call to surrender our lives to Him.

Do you want to live a life that is devoted to Christ? Today, we will be looking at the subject of discipleship and the cost and the reward of following Jesus. Have you ever considered selling everything for the kingdom of God?
In this powerful sermon based on Luke 18:18-30, we explore the story of the rich young ruler who comes to Jesus asking about eternal life.
What follows is a challenging exchange that leaves the young man struggling to choose between his wealth and following Jesus.
Through this passage, we will learn about the high cost of discipleship, what it means to follow Christ, and the priceless reward that we will receive if we are willing to let go of everything for the sake of the kingdom. Join us as we discover the true value of wealth and learn how to live a life that is devoted to serving Christ, no matter the cost.

As we continue in our sermon series from the gospel of Luke, we see that people are bringing their little children to Jesus to be blessed by Him and He welcomes them. His disciples try to keep the children from coming to Jesus, but He rebukes the disciples and tells them to "let the little children come to me for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." Jesus shows the importance of children as He tells the people that unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
We learn in Luke 18:15-17 how to have childlike faith. Entry into the kingdom of God requires us to have a childlike faith. What is childlike faith? The faith of a child is characterized by trust, innocence, and a willingness to learn. Childlike faith involves obedience, surrendering, and entrusting oneself completely to God. Is your faith childish or childlike?

Jesus teaches a lesson of humility by telling a parable of two men who go to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. In this parable, we will learn the dangers of self-righteousness and the power of humility. When you pray, are you more like the Pharisee or the tax collector?

Jesus teaches the disciples a parable about a persistent widow, who seeks justice from the unjust, uncaring, and ungodly judge in her town. He told this parable to teach them to always pray and not give up.
In today's message, we will see three important aspects of persistent prayer and how it impacts our lives.

The main theme of the Gospel of Luke is the Kingdom of God. As Jesus teaches about the Kingdom of God, He raises some questions. First from the Pharisees and then from the disciples. The Pharisees ask the question, "When will the kingdom come?" and the disciples ask, "Where will this happen?" Jesus' teaching isn't full and detailed and contains some statements that are vague and cryptic in nature. Be we can understand that Jesus is talking about a present and future kingdom. Along with the coming of the Son of Man will come swift and complete judgement because of the sin and disobedience of mankind. The Kingdom is now in the Person and presence of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, in our midst. But it is also coming in completeness and fullness and quickness in the future, when Christ's reign will be complete. The question for us is this: Are you ready for his swift coming? Are you ready for God's final judgment? If not, get things right with God now before it is too late.

In today's message, Jesus has an interaction with ten lepers as He is on His way to Jerusalem to go to the cross to die for the sins of mankind. Jesus commands the ten lepers to go show themselves to the priests before they are healed and they go. As they are going on their way, they are healed. When one of them notices that he is healed, he returns to thank Jesus praising God in a loud voice. Jesus shows us the importance of gratefulness and praise to God for what He has done for us.

Jesus expects us to show gratitude. Jesus is clearly angry at the ungratefulness of the nine lepers who didn't return. We must train ourselves to show thanks, to give thanks, to be filled with thanksgiving. Without being thankful disciples we won't be pleasing to Jesus. Gratitude is an important component in our salvation. Be the one who returns giving thanks and praise to God when the nine continue living in ungratefulness.

Jesus is warning His disciples about the condemnation of scandalous teachers who cause stumbling-blocks that lead people to sin. He then tells them about the necessity of forgiveness and the power of faith, which prompts the apostles to say, "Lord, increase our faith." An increased amount of faith is not what they need, rather, they need to use what amount of faith they already have and increase their obedience to what God has commanded. What Jesus teaches in this passage is not random, but four lessons in humility necessary for them to avoid falling into the trap of self-righteousness as had the Pharisees. Humility is a protection against falling into the sin of self-righteousness.

Jesus tells a parable describing the deceptiveness of riches and the discomfort of poverty and the reversal of conditions in the afterlife. The story centers on the reversal of fortunes that takes place after Lazarus and the rich man die. It links agony or comfort after death with how we treat the less fortunate around us. This reversal after death is ultimate. An unbridgeable chasm exists between Lazarus at Abraham’s side (Heaven) and the rich man in Hades (Hell). In this story, God’s eternal judgment has everything to do with how we use wealth in this life and whether we help those less fortunate in our midst. God will ultimately justify the cause of the poor. But the message has been clearly stated. Like the rich man’s five brothers, we have been given all the warning we need.

Jesus taught a lot through the use of parables. Today's message focuses on the Parable of the Shrewd Manager from Luke 16:1-18. This parable focuses on Jesus' authority versus the self-imposed authority of the Pharisees. He talks about the subject of being a trustworthy steward of God's resources. Jesus focuses on two aspects: Stewardship and Accountability. Are you a faithful and wise steward of what God has entrusted you?

Jesus concludes His three-part parable, which expresses the desire of God the Father for the lost to be saved. In this third part of the parable, Jesus responds to the mutterings of the Pharisees and teachers of the Law over the fact that Jesus welcomed and ate with tax collectors and "sinners", by telling about a man who had 2 sons and one leaves home squandering his money in rebellious living. After spending all his money, a severe famine hits the country and he becomes so desperate that he hires himself out to a citizen of that country feeding pigs. The young son becomes so hungry that he desires to eat what he is feeding the pigs. Coming to his senses, he realizes how his father's hired men had plenty of food and here he was starving to death.
He decides to go back home, face the consequences, and beg his father to take him back as one of his hired men. This parable has more to do with the father than it does the son and we see how the father compassionately receives his son, but not everyone is happy about his return, his older brother is upset.
The father encourages the older son to celebrate and be happy for his brother was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found. Not only do we find out about the love of God for those who are lost and His joy for those who repent, but we are also challenged to have the same attitude toward the lost as God and to rejoice when sinners are saved.

Jesus expresses, through a three-part parable, the desire of God the Father for the lost to be saved. In the second part of the parable, Jesus responds to the mutterings of the Pharisees and teachers of the Law over the fact that Jesus welcomed and ate with tax collectors and "sinners", by telling about a woman who had 10 silver coins and loses one. Jesus, in an attempt to challenge their hypocrisy and inconsistency, asked them if they would consider doing anything differently than the woman who lit a lamp, swept the house, and searched carefully until she found it, and invited her friends and neighbors to celebrate with her over finding her lost coin.
We see that the lost have value to God and He seeks to find them and greatly rejoices over one sinner who repents. Not only do we find out about the love of God for those who are lost and the joy of God for those who repent. We are also challenged to have the same attitude toward the lost as God and to rejoice when sinners are saved.