"The rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!” The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” There was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.” One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” (Luke 23:35-39) 

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In the words of Nick Fury (The Avengers), “Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.” Or if you prefer, in a quote often falsely attributed to Martin Luther, “if the world were ending tomorrow, I would still plant a tree today.” 

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The Saints of God in Christ have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb. They don't wash them in the blood of others.

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"‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’" (Luke 16:27-28). Here's a question: why five? Could it be that that number is the key to what Jesus is teaching in this parable? 

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"[Jesus said] The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light." Luke 16:8

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Is God in the punishment business, or the celebration business? Is he down in the dungeon, or celebrating in the salon? That is the question today’s text poses to us. Do we serve a God who revels in anger, or one who wants to rejoice with us? Text: Luke 15:1-10. 

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"What king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace." (Luke 14:31-32)

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"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him." Luke 14:8, ESV

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"Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’  But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’" (Luke 13:26-27)

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