Luke 6:1-11 || Through confrontation on the Sabbath with the Pharisees we see Jesus breaking the chains of man-made religion, recovering the heart of God and restoring rest to the spiritually weary.

Luke 5:12-26 || Through the supernatural healing of a leper and a paralytic we see that Jesus has total authority over not only our sickness, but also our sin.

Luke 4:31-37 || Through Jesus rebuking a demon we see His total authority over evil and ability to deliver us from our spiritual oppression.

Luke 4:14-30 || Through Jesus' hometown preaching we see He is the Rescuer promised in Isaiah 61 whose gospel mission is rejected by the religious locals.

Luke 2:1-21 || Through the appearance of God's glory to the shepherds we see that Jesus is the Christ Child, who has come to save glory thieves and replace our fear with joy.

Luke 1:57-80 || Through the extraordinary birth of John and the song of his joyful father Zechariah, we see Jesus is the Savior of Man who has broken through our silent darkness.

Luke 1:26-56 || Through the miraculous virgin birth we see Jesus is none other than the Son of God. And that's exactly what we need.

Ephesians 4:1-15 || Christ's love compels us to eagerly maintain the unity that He has purchased with His blood.

1 Peter 5:1-5 || Christ’s covenant love as our Chief Shepherd compels pastors to care for the church with a servant shepherding while compelling the church to respond to that care with a joyful submitting.

2 Corinthians 8:1-9 || God's self-giving love compels us to a life of the same as we see the better treasure that is Jesus.