Sermons on Luke (Page 3)

“Gethsemane: A Place of Strength”

Luke 22:39-46 {Prayer}             Periodically, our world calls us back to simplicity.  Simpler is easier, more profitable, better use of space, they seem to say.  Companies downsize.  Products are marked as being made with “all natural ingredients.”  People are practicing the Paleo Diet.  HGTV has shows like “Hot Mess House” which are designed to help…

“The Upper Room: A Place of Service”

Luke 22:14-38 {Prayer}             The artist Rembrandt tried to paint the story of Abraham sacrificing Isaac.  He did it twice.  Twice he tried to help others see what faith looks like in that moment.             The first time, Rembrandt made a grand painting.  This was done early in his life.  At that time Rembrandt was…

“Always Loving but Loving Uniquely”

Luke 15:11-32 {Prayer}             Children, children are truly a gift from God.  Even in the midst of a temper tantrum, the sassiness, or a full-blown teenage attitude, even though we may think we are being punished for the way we adults treated our parents when we were their age … despite all that … children…

“Not Your Average Ghost Story”

Luke 24:36-49 {Prayer}             Nothing intensifies a night out camping quite like a good ole fashion ghost story.  Sitting around the campfire with the flames dancing up through the wood casting all kinds of shadows on the trees above and around you, having someone holding a flashlight up from under face, and then tell you…

“Forgiven Traitors”

Luke 22:1:6 {Prayer}             Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, Guy Fawkes, Robert Ford, Judas Iscariot … these four all have something in common with each other.  They are all traitors.             Marcus Junius Brutus, often referred to simply as Brutus, was a Roman senator who served under Julius Caesar.  He is best known from Shakespeare’s…

The Society of the Second Mile

Luke 9:23 (ESV)Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Dear Friends in Christ,    You’ve probably never heard of this fellow before, but his name is Dan Mazur. He’s one of the many people who have tried…

Walking with Jesus

Luke 24:13-35 (ESV)On the Road to Emmaus13 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing…

The Cross: God’s Solution, God’s Passion

Luke 9:23 (ESV)Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Dear Friends in Christ,    Everyone loves a parade, don’t they?  The bands, the floats, the clowns, the horses, the candy that gets tossed to the crowd.  I…