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Pastor Dan Rude continues our series on the Gospel of Luke. Dan explores a man's strange request for Jesus to command his brother to divide his inheritance with him. Dan explains how Jesus senses the greed in the heart of this man, warns him of the dangers of greed, and shares the importance of being rich toward God.

Key scripture: Luke 12:13-21
Related passages: 1 Timothy 6
Topics: Greed, Covetousness

Pastor Luke Hukee continues our series on the Gospel of Luke. Luke takes a look at the expectation Jesus sets for believers to endure hateful treatment and examines why the world often hates Christians.

Key scripture: Luke 12:8-12
Related passages: Acts 4, 2 Corinthians 11
Topics: Persecution, Confessing Christ

Pastor Dan Rude continues our series on the Gospel of Luke. Dan discusses how Jesus helps the crowd understand why we should fear God over man. Dan examines what Jesus means when he says that human beings can only kill the body but God has the power to kill the body and throw people into hell.

Key scripture: Luke 12:4-7
Related passages: John 9, Acts 7
Topics: Fear of Man, Fear of God

Pastor Dan Rude continues our series on the Gospel of Luke. Dan takes a look at how the yeast of the Pharisees is hypocrisy. Dan explains Jesus' warning to his hearers of the danger of hypocrisy and the way to overcome this danger.

Key scripture: Luke 12:1-3
Related passages: Matthew 6, John 5, Romans 2
Topics: Hypocrisy, Justification

Pastor Luke Hukee continues our series on the Gospel of Luke. Luke explains how the nature of a hypocrite is to pretend to be something you are not. Luke examines the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and how Jesus strongly corrects them for it out of love.

Key scripture: Luke 11:45-54
Related passages: Matthew 23
Topics: Hypocrisy, False teaching

Pastor Luke Hukee continues our series on the Gospel of Luke. Luke explains how humanity is unclean not only externally but also internally in the heart. Luke shares how we can be made clean and have a relationship with our Creator God.

Key scripture: Luke 11:37-44
Related passages: John 1, Ephesians 1, 2 Corinthians 4, Hebrews 4
Topics: The Heart, Cleanness, Sin, Salvation

Pastor Dan Rude continues our series on the Gospel of Luke. Dan examines Jesus' shocking rebuke of the crowds that highlights the blindness of Israel and explains how the most important thing about any person is how they see Jesus.

Key scripture: Luke 11:29-36
Related passages: John 20
Topics: Blindness, Sight, Light, Judgment

Pastor Dan Rude discusses the killing of George Floyd. Dan addresses what Christians should do and where to turn for wisdom when navigating life's most difficult challenges.

Pastor Dan Rude continues our series on the Book of 2 Peter. Dan examines how the Apostle Peter equips the saints to look forward to the return of Christ while living in a world that mocks the promise of Jesus' return.

Key scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-13
Related passages: Revelation 20, Colossians 1, Colossians 2
Topics: The Return of Christ, Repentance, Christ

Pastor Luke Hukee continues our series on the Book of 2 Peter. Luke discusses the significance of the return of Christ through the lens of creation and the flood.

• Key scripture: 2 Peter 3:1-7
• Related passages: Isaiah 66, Zephaniah 1, Malachi 4, 1 Corinthians 15, 2 Thessalonians 1, Revelation 19, Genesis 6, Genesis 7
• Topics: Day of the Lord, Second coming of Christ, Judgment, Wrath