Luke 14:25-33

In this passage Jesus calls his disciples to love him above everything else in their lives and to be willing to sacrifice everything for him. What a high calling.

Luke 18:15-17

Jesus was different. he spent time with people that no one else in his day spent time with. He valued people that no one else seemed to value. One of those groups, was children. You can see this in the way that the disciples tried to get the children away from Jesus, but he welcomed them with open arms. in fact, he went so far as to say that if we don't receive the kingdom of heaven like a child, we will never enter it. That's pretty big! In this message we explore what he meant by that.

Luke 7:35-50

When she entered the room, the air must have been absolutely sucked out of the place. It was risky for a woman like this to enter any room full of men, nonetheless a room full of pious religious men. But, she not only shows up, but she shows up and she shows them all up in the way that she lavishly loves Jesus. Her gift to him doesn't make a whole lot of sense and even seems like a waste on the surface. I'm challenged to think through what it looks like to love Jesus in a way that moves beyond reason.

Luke 7:18-28

John the Baptist. A hero of the faith. Cousin of Jesus. The first one to publicly declare that Jesus was the one who would take away the sins of the world. That's a pretty impressive resume if you ask me. That's what makes it all the more amazing that John would, from jail, send word to Jesus and ask, "Are you the one we've been waiting for, or should we expect someone else." Wait, what? I don't know about you, but hearing about John's doubt gives me hope. Hearing Jesus' answer to him gives me motivation to keep pushing!

Luke 6:27-36

Some of the sayings of Jesus are hard to understand. This one is at the top of the list. Love your enemies? Pray for those who persecute you? Bless those who curse you? Those are commands that we have a hard time getting our hearts and minds around. In this message we propose that in inviting to live so couter to our human nature, Jesus might just be extending an offer to abundant life.

Scripture: Luke6:1-11

Have you ever gone on a great vacation and came home absolutely exhausted? Often times our level of fatigue has very little to do with how much work we are doing or not doing, and a lot to do with our perpective about who is actually at work. The Pharisees thought that they could make people rest. They thought that if they required that each person take a day without work, that rest would be ensured. But, we all know that isn't true. In this passage Jesus points us to a deeper truth: our rest is determined by who we believe is really in charge.

Luke 5:1-11

Jesus gives an amazing invitation to his first disciples; "Follow me." He graciously gives us the same invitation today!