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This is where our "family story" begins, with Abraham. If Genesis 1-2 is the story of God forming the world, and Genesis 3-11 is the story of the world coming apart, then Genesis 12 is the beginning of God working within his world to rescue and redeem it. Abraham's story culminates in Jesus and opens the way for us to join it now.

Pastor Glenn concludes our series in Luke with a talk from Luke 24 and the ?present tense? sense of Advent. Because Jesus came, we can know with confidence that God comes to us each day. Sometimes God?s presence with us is stunning? as it was with the angels at the empty tomb; sometimes it is hidden? like Jesus with the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Yet at all times, we can learn to be attentive to Christ?s presence with us by the Spirit.

Pastor Glenn continues the Luke series with a teaching from Luke 23 on the story of the criminal on the cross. In Luke's Gospel, an ANGEL is the first to ANNOUNCE Jesus as a King whose Kingdom has no end but a CRIMINAL is the first to CONFESS Jesus as a King whose Kingdom has no end. Because Jesus has gone to the lowest of the low, we are never too low and we are never too late to call on Jesus.

Pastor Glenn continues the Luke series with a talk on the "generous widow." What does it mean to give sacrificially? Because the Kingdom requires a whole-hearted response, what we do with our money has less to do with what we've got than with Who's got us.

Pastor Glenn unpacks the parable of the vineyard, revealing Jesus as the culmination of Israel's story. If Jesus is the Lord of the Vineyard and the beginning of the new, true Temple, the only question that remains is if we will humble ourselves before Him.

Pastor Glenn continues the Luke series with a talk from Luke 19 on Jesus coming into Jerusalem. What does it mean to weep over a city, and pray for it's "comprehensive flourishing"? What does it mean to welcome Jesus the King into our own broken lives and allow Him to make us whole again?

Pastor Glenn teaches from Luke 18 where Jesus blesses babies and little children, reminding us that to receive the Kingdom of God, we must lose our pretentions, lower ourselves, and confess our complete dependence on Christ.

Pastor Glenn teaches from Luke 17 about how living in the community means learning to confront and learning to forgive. Ultimately, our ability to do so comes from the grace that we have been freely given: the forgiveness in Christ that makes us whole. The more grateful we are for the forgiveness we have received, the more easily we forgive others.

Pastor Glenn continues the Luke series in Chapter 16

Pastor Glenn continues the Luke series in Chapter 16 talking about some of the Biblical principles of being faithful to God with our money.