The prophets and the Apostle Paul tell us that the relationship we are to have with God, is to mirror the relationship that a lump of clay has with the Potter. Now the Potter has an image in mind when he sits down at the wheel, and in order for that image [...]
Jesus launches into the greatest prophetic sermon we have recorded in the Gospels, what we’ve come to call the Olivet discourse. And He starts where He always starts when He warns His church, warning against spiritual deception. Unlike the earthquakes and famines and wars and diseases which He tells us will also [...]
Now when we’re reading the Bible, it sure seems like the Lord sets the bar pretty high for us doesn’t it? This week in Luke Chapter 21 we have another one of those staggering bars that appears just about impossible to clear. Now what we have to remember is, our God is [...]
What’s on display in Luke Chapter 20, is the enormous capacity we as human beings have to deceive ourselves. Here in the text we have these religious leaders, with all their purported knowledge and all their religious affectations - themselves completely blind to the fundamental truths and core doctrines of the very [...]
Given the staggering nature of the eternal realm as described and promised in the Bible, we tend to scratch our heads and wonder why a person wouldn’t want to be a part of that. The idea that this present world is all there is - well of course that’s nothing more than [...]
Here in the final week of the earthly life of Christ, the religious leaders now set in motion a plan to examine Christ for some kind of flaw that they can use to indict Him and put Him on trial. Even as the Jews are having their lambs inspected for the Passover [...]
Join us for a riveting study is pursuing the treasures that God plants for us to find in His word! In Luke 19, Jesus marches into Jerusalem on the back of a baby donkey, setting up both a stunning contrast and just a remarkable display of sovereignty. We serve a loving humble [...]
The American Church is big on glam and glitter and bright lights and notoriety, and man we’re just trying to be so cool. But this is not what impresses God. Christ tells us this week in Luke 19, that all God is looking for is simple faithfulness. Do we understand that 90% [...]
Now men of dignity in 1st century Palestine would never be caught running in public, that would be emblematic of a child. Another thing you wouldn’t find a grown man doing was climbing a tree. And yet here in Luke 19, we find a wealthy man running and climbing a tree in [...]
