Who You Are, Who You Were, and Why - Ephesians2:1-7

We Have Seen His Glory - John 1:14-18

I.  The Glory We Have Seen (vv. 14-15)

II.  The Grace We Have Received (vv. 16-17)

III.  The God We Have Known (v. 18)

“Lost and Found: Three Parables of God’s Boundless Pursuit and Joyful Rescue of His Wayward Children” - Luke 15

I. Context and The Critique of the Pharisees (Luke 15:1-2)

II. Jesus Response: Three Parables

III. Our Response to God’s Grace

“The Parable of the Ten Minas” — Luke 19:11-27

I. Why did Jesus tell this parable? (11)

II. What was the parable he told? (12-27)

III. So what?

“The Parable of the Good Samaritan” - Luke 10:25-37

I. The questions (25-29)

II. The story (30-37)

III. The “so what?”

“The Parable of the Great Banquet: Discipleship is Costly” Luke 14:1, 12-33

I. What the parable says & means

II. What we must do in response

“Some Questions About Biblical Repentance” Jonah 3:1-10

I. What does Biblical repentance look like? (5-9)

II. Does our repentance change God’s plans? (10; Jer 18:7-10; Mal 3:6)

III. Why is repentance gracious? (1)

“The Sign of Jonah” Matthew 12:38-42

I. A Disingenuous Request (Matt. 12:38-39, cf. Matt. 16:1-4)

II. Jonah is like Jesus: The Sign of Jonah (Matt. 12:40, cf. Jonah 1:17-2:10, Luke 11:29-30, John 2:18-19)

III. Jonah is Not Like Jesus: Jesus is Greater (Matt. 12:41-42, cf. 12:6)

IV. A Genuine Request: The Example of Thomas (John 20:26-29)

“The Experience of, Example of, and Response to God’s Grace” Jonah 3:1-5

I. Experience of God’s grace (1-2)

II. Example of God’s grace (3)

III. Response to God’s grace (3-5)

“Jonah in and Out of the Fish” Jonah 1:17-2:10