Sermons on Luke
Jesus Calls Fishers of Men
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The Lost…
‘What is the priority of the church?’How would you answer that question? If you were asked the question, ‘What is the priority of your life as an individual Christian,’ how would you answer it? As followers of Jesus, how we answer it is not nearly as important as how he would answer it—and we know the answer to that question. DON TURNER Download the discussion guide
The Good Samaritan
Meeting people at the foot of the cross, no matter who they are, literally breaks down and moves the limits of humanity that I know as a human being. … God calls us to risky places, and he calls us to risky people…because he allows me to be a divine partner in what he’s doing. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
The Rich Fool
Be rich toward God. That’s a disciple of Jesus Christ. … Ask God to really help you learn to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, who takes each possession seriously, each relationship seriously, each day seriously. Enjoy your days—but don’t waste them on the things that do not last. Live for him. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
If personal pride is the root of your life, then I can promise you that the product of your life will be found only in what you (and I) can bring to the table. … [but] we are called to be right before God … and that only happens when we come humbly before the almighty God. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
The Persistent Widow
God’s Divine Delay:God says, ‘I have something for you and I will bring this on to you.’… God doesn’t delay because, ‘You don’t deserve it! You go home and be a better person!’ He divinely delays so we can grow in our trust and our faith…our trust in the eternal, heavenly Creator Father. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
Multiply, Part 1: Small Resources
God has called us to invest whatever it is that we have into something that becomes productive. Something that becomes green. Something that becomes eternal. … The tragedy is when we just waste it away, out of fear of failure. You cannot fail when you’re investing in the things of God.
He Is, Part 3: He is Recognized
He Is, Part 3: He is Recognized What do you do when you receive an account of a credible witness, any witness? You listen. And you consider. And you respond. The Advent revealed what’s really going on in the hearts of men, and it continues to reveal what’s really going on inside the hearts of men 2000 years later, today. What about you? What is your response? Download the PDF above to follow along with notes.
He Is, Part 2: He is Here
He Is, Part 2: He is Here During this holiday season, it’s easy to get distracted, or to allow ourselves to be distracted—by the events that we have, by the programs we have to do, by the presents we have to buy and the parties we have to attend. It’s easy to let that get in the way of finding our true peace. But after the Christmas lights turn out and the fireplace is settled and the hot chocolate has…
He Is, Part 1: He is Foretold
He Is, Part 1: He is Foretold God came in the form of man. He was born in a manger. He grew up as a full adult, as you and me. The Bible says that he went to the cross. He died and was buried, and he was resurrected three days later. … We don’t really understand all of it, but this much we understand: it was a wonderful, wonderful thing God did for you and me—because our sins were…
BOTH/AND, Part 3: Local/Global
BOTH/AND, Part 3: Local/Global Both/and. Do we go here, or there? The answer is yes. We have to discover our [global] responsibilities. That’s what our GIC — and what this church — is all about. Download the PDF above to follow along with notes.
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 3
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 3: God Won God is truly all in, in order to bring us back to life. … This was God’s plan from the very beginning. It’s not a back-up plan! … God created it holy. Man quickly messed it up, but literally the day that mankind said, ‘I’m rebelling and falling away from You,’ God said, ‘MY plan is to rescue you personally.’ He won at the resurrection. And now we get…
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 2
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 2: God Engaged The principle of the Good News that I arrive at is this: God engages us at our point of brokenness. The Good News is, God says, ‘I want to work with you. I want [you] to find wholeness and help and healing’ — and He can, and does, make broken lives whole again. … God says, this world is disrupted and I am the only One who can make…
Fulfilled, Part 1: The Anointed One Identified
As a preacher, [Jesus] is going to promise God’s presence. (This is from the perspective of Isaiah.) As the Messiah, he’s going to reinstate God’s righteousness in the world. And as a servant, he’s going to deal with the problem of sin. Now, Isaiah doesn’t understand how he’s going to do all of that yet, but he knows this is going to happen, that he’s got a promise — that’s what [Isaiah] is saying in this particular passage of scripture.…
The Outward Focused Church, Part 1: An Introduction
We don’t have a seating capacity problem; we have a sending capacity problem. … We have—in the church today, worldwide—9,000 times more manpower and 3,000 times more money than we need to fulfill the Great Commission TODAY. Where is it? We’re it! It’s sitting in chairs and pews in churches all over the world, waiting for somebody to mobilize it—waiting for somebody to come along and say, “Let’s turn our eyes off ourselves and put it on the harvest field!”…