Life in the kingdom of God is often opposite of how the world thinks.

Jesus’ death on the cross as our Passover Lamb resulted in the creation of the new and eternal Israel of God, and fuels our joyful worship.

Jesus calls us to live faithful lives of alertness and confidence in the present age.

The gospel of the kingdom creates in us humility that causes us to give generously.

King Jesus is the Lord who makes us children of God and promises everlasting resurrection life.

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.