Teaching by Book: Luke
Death Could Not Hold Him: Easter 2023
The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is an amazing, glorious fact—a fact made evident by the testimony of the women who discovered the empty tomb, the reality of the missing body, and the eventual martyrdom of Jesus’ disciples.
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Standing Alone
We are called to follow our Lord Jesus, even if no one is standing with us. Standing alone means knowing that Christ lives in us, so that we speak and live in the truth.
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The Names of God: Jehovah Shalom
The term shalom, in the Old Testament, expresses profound wholeness and well-being. True peace and wholeness can only be found in our Lord Jesus Christ, who doesn’t just provide peace, but He is peace.
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The Names of God: Adonai
Jesus is the owner of every one of His followers. We have all accepted Him as Savior, but the daily battle is: Will we acknowledge Him as the Lord our of lives, our Adonai?
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Easter Sunday: Death Could Not Hold Him
If Jesus’ death on the cross is the work necessary to purchase all of mankind from the clutches of sin and death, then His resurrection is the consummate affirmation that His death was able to make that payment.
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Parables, Part 4: The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
In Jesus’ parable, the tax collector knows he needs to be rescued and delivered from this state of sinfulness, and he knows he is incapable of rescuing himself. His only hope is for God to be merciful and to rescue him. And that is exactly what God does.
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Parables, Part 2: The Rich Man and Lazarus
Being a member of God’s family does not mean receiving the blessing of the material world, it means being a blessing to the world from what we have been given. Because we know the humble and generous love of the gospel, it will exude from us and bear fruit.
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
Step into the story of the disciples walking along the Road to Emmaus with the risen Jesus and ask yourself, do you really know Him? Are you walking with Him? Are you slow of heart to believe all that the prophets and writings said about the coming Messiah? Do you live in the hope that He is coming again?
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The Authority of Scripture, Part 2 – God Speaks
To read and understand the Bible, you must know the Author. Then you can approach the Word prayerfully, with a pure heart, and with all the reverence of approaching God Himself.
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A Child Is Born
The great mystery of the gospel is that the Son of God became the Son of man so that the sons of man could become sons of God.
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Love Your Enemies
The closest you will ever come to being like Jesus in this life is when you respond to those who are hostile toward you the way He did with those who were so hostile toward Him.
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Why He Was Born
Why was Jesus born? He came to seek and save the lost, He came to testify of the truth, and He came to set us free.
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The Heart of Neighboring
If we truly know Jesus, we will not allow time, fear of awkwardness, a judgmental spirit, or other obstacles to hinder us from loving our neighbors as ourselves.
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The Word for the World, Part 2
When we obey God, He not only gives us greater revelation, but He also gives us a greater capacity to understand the revelation. So what excuses do we have for not getting into His Book?
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Sanitizing Christmas
Sometimes our understanding of the events surrounding Jesus’ birth become “sanitized” when we don’t realize how difficult those events were. The Messiah brought “peace on earth,” but maybe not the way you think.
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