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Jesus tells three parables back to back in Luke about banquets, which teach us how to live and act in heavenly, backward ways. Dive into these parables with us as we discuss humility, the poor, and being "all in."

Instead of recognizing Jerusalem as the place where prophets are honored, he recognized it as the place where prophets go to die. Jamin homes in on this theme, setting us up early for Reveal Jackson 2023 on September 23rd.

In this message, Jamin shares several lists from Amy Kenny's book, "My Body is Not a Prayer Request," to help us get a better social understanding of what disabled people deal with in life and the church. Jamin then encourages us to love our disabled brothers and sisters in better, non-ableist ways—exactly as they are.

While rest and sabbath are important, we can sometimes turn such moments into apathy and laziness. As Christians, our job is to bring Heaven to earth, and we have all been gifted in unique ways to do so. Jesus expects that we are aware of this and that we will do something with what we've been given. In this message, Jamin tries to discern the difference between busyness, rest, gifts, and work.

Jesus tells us to not live in anxiety, which isn't always helpful when we're actually dealing with anxiety. But Jesus also shows us how to deal with anxiety with his own life decisions and spiritual practices. What can we learn from that?

The evil eye appears in several places throughout the Bible, including in Jesus' teaching. What is it and what was Jesus' point in mentioning it?

In this message, Jamin takes a look at the history between Jews and Samaritans to help us see further how powerful the parable of the Good Samaritan really is. The Samaritan seemed free of prejudice and racism and saw the stranger in front of him as a human to be loved.

The disciples were excited to discover that they could cast out demons, causing Jesus to respond that he "saw Satan fall like lightning." What does this curious phrase mean? Jamin traces the theme of Satan throughout the Bible to show how Satan has fallen like lightning, is falling like lightning, and will fall like lightning.

Heaven and Hell is a simple concept, right? Not exactly. While these seem to be the two end results of judgment on the Day of the Lord, Jesus talks about judgment in a wider sense than that. In this message, Jamin focuses on a few passages that don't exactly match the mold.

There are three stories intertwined in Luke about doing ministry. Twice Jesus sends his disciples out with a lack of provision for the job, yet they are cared for. But in the third story, Jesus calls them to do ministry the wrong way, which Peter readily embraces.