Teaching on Sermons (Page 21)

Teaching on Sermons (Page 21)

Associate with the Lowly

Luke 14:12-14 Well, we are back in Luke 14. Jesus teaching on the subject of humility and he’s doing that while he is sharing company with the proud, eating a meal. He’s been invited to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees on a Sabbath day. It’s after, an after-synagogue dinner, hosted by a wealthy powerful man, probably located in Jerusalem. And they, he and the guests, they are watching him carefully. They were watching because they…

Take the Lowest Place

Luke 14:7-11 Let’s turn our attention now to Luke Chapter 14. If you’re not there, you can take your Bible and turn there to Luke 14. Last week we started into the first 24 verses, at which we said is a single unit of thought, as a single theme governing that whole section where Jesus is in the home of a Pharisee, he’s exposing and confronting pride, but he’s doing so in an indirect way by teaching about humility. So…

The Day Humility Silenced Pride

Luke 14:1-6 Open your Bibles to the fourteenth chapter of Luke’s gospel and we are in the first few verses of Luke 14 today, in Luke 14:1-6.  And as we enter into chapter 14, I want to begin by helping you see this opening narrative in its larger context.  So let’s start by reading the first twenty four verses of Luke 14 just to set some context, and then we’ll go back and unpack the first six verses.   Luke…

Resolved and Tender

Luke 13:31-35 We’re back in Luke’s gospel today, so I’d invite you to turn in your Bibles to the 13th chapter of Luke and the final verses of the chapter, Luke 13:31 to 35. The last time we were here in this text, Jesus was warning the Jews about their complacency with regard to the Kingdom of God. And he told them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door because one day that door will be shut, closed, fast, locked,…

The Power of Ministry Grace

2 Corinthians 4:13-18 I invite you to return to 2 Corinthians 4, and we’ll wrap up the three-part series that we have been doing on the Christian ministry. 2 Corinthians chapter 4, today we’re looking at verses 13 to 18, the last part of that chapter. But we will begin by reading the whole chapter, starting in verse 1. 2 Corinthians 4:1. Paul writes, “Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we…