Pastor Taylor Burgoyne preaches on Luke 10:25-37 as part of our Luke: Kingdom Costs sermon series.

Pastors John Mury and Dave Swaim discuss Luke 12:13-34: "Rather than give in to our worries about money, Jesus encourages us to remember our value to God and God's faithfulness to us. Just as importantly, Jesus encourages us to provide for one another rather than simply worry about ourselves. Faith can transform worry into genuine care for one another!"

Pastors John Mury and Dave Swaim discuss Luke 12:1-12: "As the surrounding crowds grow in size, Jesus warns his disciples of the real danger of the Pharisees. A hypocrite is an actor, a person wearing a mask and playing a part. The Pharisees had fallen into this trap and Jesus warned his disciples that this trap threatens all of us. Attention and the approval of others can easily lead any of us into playing a part rather than truly following the path of Jesus."

Pastors John Mury and Taylor Burgoyne discuss Luke 11:42-54: "Perhaps one of the greatest challenges Jesus had with the religious leaders who opposed him was how they had twisted God's Law into an excuse to condemn rather than love others. They were engaged in a culture war and anyone who didn't fall in line was an enemy to be judged and punished. Are we so different? Does our version of faith provide us with reasons to judge and condemn like the Pharisees, or does our faith compel us to love in costly ways like Jesus?"

Pastors John Mury and Dave Swaim discuss Luke 11:29-41: "The Pharisees seem to see everything Jesus does in a negative light. Jesus explains that the darkness they see is really the darkness in them. For this reason, Jesus tells them (and us) that we must allow God to clean the inside, and then the outside might finally be clean as well."

Pastors John Mury and Dave Swaim discuss Luke 11:14-28: "In the first of several hostile encounters, Jesus squares off against a group of Pharisees — popular religious leaders who opposed Jesus. Their accusation might sound silly to us but it was the worst of all possible slanders at the time, that Jesus was in league with the Devil himself!"

Pastor Dave Swaim preaches on Luke 9:23-25, 57-62 (NIV) to launch our new sermon series, Luke: Kingdom Costs.

Pastors John Mury and Dave Swaim discuss Luke 11:1-13: "Answer? Like we believe God actually cares! When Jesus teaches his disciples to pray, he stresses the importance of persistence. We must be persistent, we must not give up, because we have every reason to believe that God wants to bless us even more than our best friends and even our parents!"

Pastors John Mury and Dave Swaim discuss Luke 10:38-42: "Immediately after the parable of the Good Samaritan, we encounter a living parable with Mary and Martha. Jesus uses both occasions to tear down the barriers that we use to keep our distance from the 'other.' We all fall into the trap of judging others for not being like us, or just as dangerous, we judge ourselves for not being like others! Jesus wants us to delight in our differences rather than denigrating or dismissing them."

Pastors John Mury and Chris Gredenius discuss Luke 10:25-37: "Who is my neighbor? Jesus answers this question with the Parable of the Good Samaritan. The story is rich and deep and has multiple applications but at the very least, it shows us that being a neighbor is to love those whom God puts in our path. With this mindset, interruptions can become opportunities to love in the way that Jesus has loved us. Could this Lent could be an opportunity to let go of something that keeps us too busy to love our neighbors?"