Teaching from Pastor Luke
God made humans to enjoy variety, but our desire for novelty can get us into trouble. How can we satisfy that desire without making a mess of things? Pastor Luke preaches from Exodus 16:21–30 in “Outside,” the first message in a new series “Breakup.”
The occasion where Jesus was Transfigured appears several places in the New Testament, but it’s explained in none of them. How can we understand its signicance? We have to do it the same way Jesus’ first disciples did, by comparing it to similar events in the history of God’s people. Pastor Luke looks at Exodus 24:1–2,9–18 in “The Rest of the Way.”
Where can you find security in an uncertain world? A man who thought he knew went to Jesus about this. In their conversation, Jesus showed the man that he was trusting something that couldn’t provide the security he thought it could, and suggested an alternative. Pastor Luke preaches from Luke 18:18–30 in “What You Need Most.”
What kinds of prayers does God listen to? Or, to be more direct, what kind of prayers does God answer? Jesus has some surprising things to say about prayer. Pastor Luke preaches from Luke 18:9–17 in “Self-Promotion.”
At Christmas we celebrate that God became a human being. What does that mean that God became one of us? It turns out the best way to understand Christmas might be the thing Jesus did at the beginning of his ministry. Pastor Luke teaches from Luke 3:21–23 in “Choosing a Side.”
People make New Year’s resolutions because they this year to be different. But it’s hard for changes to become permanent. In first century culture, almost everything was permanent. Can we learn anything from them that would help us today? Pastor Luke preaches from Luke 2:21–40 in “Ritual Not Resolution.”
The name Immanuel only occurs three times in the whole Bible. But it means “God is with us.” That idea is all through the Bible, but the coming of Jesus gives it a deeper, richer meaning. Pastor Luke preaches from Isaiah 7:10–16 in “God With Us,” the concluding message in his series “The Promise of Christmas.”
Our Advent series continues with a passage from Isaiah that has been fulfilled many times – but promises still more yet to be fulfilled. Pastor Luke teaches from Isaiah 35:1–10 in “Pools in the Desert,” part 3 of his 4-part series “The Promise of Christmas.”
The book of the prophet Isaiah has been described as The Fifth Gospel. But “Gospel” means “Good News” and Isaiah is a mix of good news and bad. If there’s bad news, that means the good news is that much more important. What Good News does Isaiah have for us? Pastor Luke looks at Isaiah 11:1–10 in “The Promise of Christmas,” part 2 of his 4-part series “The Promise of Christmas.”
Jesus taught about the end times and the events that will take place before the age to come. What he taught can be mysterious or even distressing. But it can also inspire us with great hope. Pastor Luke preaches from Luke 17:20–37 in “Lighting Up the Sky,” ” the concluding message in his series “Stories for the Journey.”
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