Sermons from November 2021

Who am I? Answer Confirmed!  Luke 9:18-36 – November 28, 2021 Luke 9:18-20. Recall in verses 7-9 even Herod the tetrarch was perplexed and was asking, Who, then, is this I hear such things about? And that was before 5,000 men plus women and children were fed.  Where did such ideas come from? Going back to Deuteronomy 18:15-18, Moses tells Israel God will raise…

Witnesses, Witnesses, Witnesses Luke 9:1-17 – November 21, 2021 REVIEW – In chapter 4 in a synagogue in Capernaum Jesus cast a demon out of a man, then in chapter 5 He healed a leper and then a paralytic man. Then after picking His Twelve disciples in chapter 6, He gave His Sermon on the Plain. Then in chapter 7, He healed the servant of the Centurion, at the town of Nain…

Final Authority – Part 2 Luke 8:22-56 – November  14, 2021 REVIEW  Luke 8:22-25. What is the LIFE LESSON Jesus is trying to teach these men (and us). Certainly, He is NOT trying to tell them a dangerous situation is NOT a dangerous situation. The life lesson for them is that their relationship to danger will never be the same again.  Like the disciples, our…

Final Authority – Part 1 Luke 8:19-25 – November 7, 2021 Luke 8:19-21  This is Jesus’ conclusion to verses 1-21 where Jesus defines his “family” as those who hear and obey God’s word. It is not a matter of one’s relationships but rather personally hearing and acting on God’s word. In this context, “God’s word” is the teaching of Jesus. This is reminiscent of…