Glad submission to Jesus’s authority is the way of life in the new world of the Kingdom of God. This entails recognizing the resistance inside (and outside) us, releasing our agendas, and rendering our self unto God.

Glad submission to the authority of Jesus is the way fo the life in the new world.

Jesus came to seek and save the lost. While this could be the “big idea'“ of every sermon in Luke and is, arguably, the main theme, we consider here Zacchaeus’s lostness, Jesus’s seeking, and what salvation looks like when it comes home.

Jesus brings into a long story of rest in a restless world.

The known presence of God brings rest in a restless world. Namely, he gives rest from fear, stress, and striving.

Jesus brings rest for our souls in a restless world.

Sabbath is a way of life-giving rest in a restless world…in which we rest from systems of identity, production, and authority.

Union with Jesus in his resurrection is a present reality for his people.

Jesus is a life-bringing king. Therefore, he weeps for those who oppose him, opposes those who subvert him, and teaches those who hang on his words.

Because the grace of Jesus is counter-intuitive, we must fight to keep seeing it.

Jesus asks for all that we have and promises to eternally satisfy believing sinners.

Jesus gladly gives the Kingdom to children, but only to children.

In a culture that fosters contempt, Jesus offers a warning and a way.

God invites his people to persist in prayer that his kingdom would come.

Jesus calls us to attentive confidence in the Kingdom of God and his ruling authority.

The kingdom of God comes with kindness, freedom, and a reordering of life.

Jesus, as he is now, is an exalted Savior who is always more than we think, always with us, and always for us.

In light of our upcoming congregational meeting, we are departing from our Luke sermon series for one week to explore a particular challenge to the church in our time.

Jesus offers us (individuals and churches) robust health, but only if we are wiling to look squarely at the disease and receive the cure he offers.

Dr. Robert Smart, Pastor and Reformation History scholar joins us today to bring encouragement from Ephesians 3:14-21.