73 sermons from Luke.
Clearing a Path for Grace Introduction: I know something about a good number of you. I know that many of you don’t think you are very good Christians. In your opinion, you don’t pray enough. You don’t tell others about Jesus enough. You don’t have enough quiet
The Counter-Culture of the Kingdom Introduction: Friends, if you were asked to name four categories of people whom God loves and blesses, and four categories of people whom God hates and condemns, what would your lists look like? I tried it. My list of the top
Like Father, Like Son Introduction: Last week on TV I saw a man talking about a criminal who had brutalized a relative of his. “I would like to beat him to a pulp,” he said, “then tie him to the back of my truck and drag him through the streets.” Recently I re
Moving Past Judgment to Mercy Introduction: When I was skiing in Colorado three years ago, I was waiting in line for the ski lift and not paying attention to what I was doing. All of a sudden, I turned and looked over my shoulder just as the chair lift came ar
Such Great Faith! Introduction: One of the most common words in religious discourse is “faith.” Everyone talks about it; in fact, everyone has faith, though certainly the objects of faith differ, as does the degree of trust that is exercised. Nevertheless, the
When God Sits on His Hands Introduction: Have there been times when your world seemed to be crashing down on you, and God was silent? I know that has happened to some of you, because I have heard about it in my counseling. A loved one dies, you lose your job,
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Introduction: Missionary aviation is a field of service that for the past 75 years has enabled the gospel to penetrate the most remote areas of the third world. Twenty-five years ago a New Tribes missionary and I took off from the
Secrets of Spiritual Growth Introduction: Spirituality is in vogue today. There seems to be an awakening to a spiritual side of life. Everyone is talking about it. It is an issue on Oprah. Spirituality is worthy of an article on NPR. Shows like “The X Files” f
How to Have a Happy Hurricane Introduction: I want to begin today by reading our text, just four verses found in Luke 8:22-25: One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. As they sail
Restoring GloriOus Ruins Introduction: As we traveled on vacations as kids, my mom would pay my brother and sister and me a nickel for every antique store we saw. We would stop at many of these antique stores as we traveled throughout Missouri or the Northeast
Interruption or Divine Appointment? Introduction: Our normal preaching schedule would bring us this morning to Luke 8:26-39, the story of the Gadarene demoniac and the herd of pigs that rushed over the cliff and drowned in the lake. Somehow that did not seem t
Disciples Are Made, Not Born Introduction: Christians are born, but disciples are made. When I say that Christians are born, I mean that they are born again, born from above in a moment of time when they turn in faith to Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of the