SermonsareorganizedpresentationsofGod'swordtoHispeoplewherethepreacherextractsfromthetextthegemsoftruthgivenfromGodbywhichweChristiansguideourlives.Luthersaid,"ThepreachingofthewordofGod,isthewordofGod."[
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TheUnjustSteward
Luke16:1-8A.NowHewasalsosayingtothedisciples,'Therewasacertainrichmanwhohadasteward,andthisstewardwasreportedtohimassquanderinghispossessions.
RichManandStewardB.Andhecalledhimandsaidtohim,"WhatisthisIhearaboutyou?
Giveanaccountofyourstewardship,foryoucannolongerbe
steward."ProblemB.andthestewardsaidtohimself,"WhatshallIdo,sincemymaster
istakingthestewardshipaw...[
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TheGoodSamaritan
Luke10:25-37THEME:WhatmustIdotoinheriteternallife?25.Andbehold,acertainlawyerstoodupandputHimtothetest,saying,"Teacher,whatshallIdotoinheriteternallife?"Lawyer:OnewhoisanexpertintheLawofMoses.Oftenthisindividualwascalledupontosettlelegalissues."Hestoodup."Thisisasocialcourtesyandagreetingofrespect.Yet,inhishearthesoughttotestJesus.Thisisacontradictionbetweenhisactionsandhiswor...[
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TheProdigalSon
Luke15:1-2,11-32
Theme:Greatjoyinthesalvationofthelost.1Asonislost-"Givememyshare"
|2Goodswastedinextravagantliving
||3Everythinglost-"Hespenteverything-hebegantowant
|||4Thegreatsin-"feedingpigsforgentiles
||||5Totalrejection-"noonegavehimanything
|||||6Achangeofmind-"hecametohimself-Iperishhere"
|||||6Aninitialrepentance-"makemeaservant"
||||5To...[
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TheFigTree
Luke13:1-91.NowonthesameoccasionthereweresomepresentwhoreportedtoHimabouttheGalileans,whosebloodPilatehadmingled[shedalongwith]withtheirsacrifices.Josephus,theJewishhistorianofthetimeofChristandafter,recordsanumberofmassacresduringthisperiod,butdoesnotmentionthisone.
PerhapsthepeoplereportingtoJesuswereseekingtogetHimtocommentpoliticallyonPilateandtherebyuseJesusasameansofrallyi...[
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TheGreatBanquet
Luke14:15-24
TheOldTestamentbackgroundforthisparableisfoundinIsaiah25:6-9:
6"AndtheLordofhostswillpreparealavishbanquetforallpeoplesonthismountain;abanquetofagedwine,choicepieceswithmarrow,andrefined,agedwine.
7AndonthismountainHewillswallowupthecoveringwhichisoverallpeoples,eventheveilwhichisstretchedoverallnations.
8Hewillswallowupdeathforalltime,andtheLordGod...[
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ParablesTheparablesofJesusaretreasurehousesofwisdommasterfullywoveninstoryform.Theyaredeep,theological,practical,sometimesconfusing,butalwaysworththeeffortneededtounlocktheirmysteries.
Basically,aparableisashortstorywithamorallesson.Jesus’parablesteachaseriesofmoralconceptsusingthecultureofthetimes.Thoughtheparableshavemuchtooffertousinthepresentdayviaacasualreading,theyhaveevenmoretoofferwhe...[
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TheCrucifixionofJesusThecrucifixionofChristisrecordedinallfourgospels:Matthew27:33-44;Mark15:22-32;Luke23:33-43;John19:17-30.
Crucifixionistheprocesswhereapersonisnailedorboundtoacrossorastake.ItwasfirstusedbythePersiansandlaterbytheEgyptians,Carthaginians,andRomansasaformofcapitalpunishment.AlexandertheGreatintroducedittotheMediterraneanareaandtheRomansperfecteditasameansofcapitalpunishment.<...[
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TheDidacheTheDidacheisalsocalledthe"TeachingoftheTwelveApostles."Itwaspossiblywrittenaround65-80A.D.andissupposedtobewhatthetwelveapostlestaughttotheGentilesconcerninglifeanddeath,churchorder,fasting,baptism,prayer,etc.Thereisdebateastoitsauthenticity.TheworkiscitedbyEusebiuswholivedfrom260-341andAthanasius(293-373)ItseemstobereferencedbyOrigenwholivedfrom185-254.IntheDidache,16:2-3isquotedintheEp...[
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