This week our sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee showcases the power and holiness of Christ through Peter’s miraculous catch, humble confession, and eager commitment to follow Jesus. Likewise, we are to not only embrace Jesus as Master and Lord, but to embrace His call to be disciple makers.

This week our sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee demonstrates how Jesus’s miracles display His authority and power and authenticate His identity as Israel’s Messiah. Unlike the crowds of Capernaum, we are to respond not with mere astonishment, but with faith in Jesus the Christ.

Drew Zeiler continues walking us through Jesus’ journey through Galilee, this time highlighting Jesus’ experience in his hometown. Drew examines Jesus’ experience as a “guest Rabbi” in his own church temple and the consequent rejection of Jesus by those he grew up with. Through this, Jesus shows us his mission, the human hearts obstacle to accepting it, and the reward for those who see who he is and fully receive him.

This week our sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part I: The Arrival of the King invites us to marvel at the perfect righteousness of Christ in the wilderness. In this passage, Jesus not only provides a blueprint for victory in spiritual warfare, but He has provided actual victory in perfectly overcoming the Devil’s schemes every step of the way.

This week our sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part I: The Arrival of the King rediscovers the the glory and grace of the Trinity revealed through the baptism of Jesus. Tyler Briggs highlights not only the beauty and blessing of the believer’s baptism itself, but the spiritual blessings offered through the believer’s union with Christ and His death, burial, and resurrection.

This week our sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part I: The Arrival of the King captures the message of repentance preached by John the Baptist. In preparing the way for Jesus, John exposed the Jews’ low view of God and distorted view of themselves. The right response for John’s audience, as well as us today, is to respond to sin with sincere repentance and rely on Christ in true faith.

This week our sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part I: The Arrival of the King follows Jesus’ journey of maturity as a youth and preparation as our savior. We see Jesus’ humanity and humility on full display, yet also His zeal for His Father’s Word and will from a young age. The only appropriate response to our sympathetic and sufficient savior is to willfully and worshipfully submit to Him!

As our sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part I: The Arrival of the King progresses with the presentation of young Jesus at the temple, we witness the faith of Simeon and Anna and the faithfulness of God to send a Savior to Israel and all the nations. As foretold by Simeon, this Savior would undergo tremendous suffering. Nonetheless, it would be through Christ’s suffering that we would not only find salvation, but the sweetest of comforts amidst our own suffering and persecution as Christians.

As our sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part I: The Arrival of the King continues with the pronouncement of the gospel to the shepherds, we witness the glory of God revealed to the lowly shepherds through the angelic chorus and the birth of Jesus Christ. In response, the shepherds joyfully and eagerly share the good news of salvation for all people who receive Him.