Encounters With Christ
How Ravens and Lilies Can Cure Our Anxiety
Text: Luke 12:22–31
Main Idea: Anxiety is the self-defeating fruit of an unbelieving heart.
How to Talk to Your Dad
Text: Matthew 6:5-16
The True Demands of Our Discipleship
Text: Luke 9:57-62
The Problem of “Authenticity” and the Promise of Self-Denial
Text: Luke 9:18–27
Main Idea: Our self-denying pursuit of Jesus ensures the kind of “profit” that our self-indulging pursuits can never produce.
The Surprising Goal of Jesus’ “Tolerance”
Text: Luke 5:27-32
Main Point: Jesus didn’t come to coddle sinners in their sin but to call sinners to repentance.
The Disability that Defines All People
Text: Luke 5:17–26
Main Point: Jesus came to deal with the disability that defines all people— their inability to overcome their sin and be reconciled to God.
Belief that Counts
Text: John 16:27-33
The Problems and Blessing Jesus had at dinner
Text: Luke 7:31-50
A Miraculous Catch and A New Mission
Text: Luke 5:1-11
Main Point: Jesus does not just offer sinners forgiveness; he recruits them to reach other sinners.
The Temptation of Christ
Text: Luke 4:1-13
Main Idea: The fundamental power of temptation is that it promises a painless and immediate solution to the long and difficult path of discipleship.