24
Aug

Jesus is the Narrow Door

Luke 13:22-30 Someone asks Jesus if only a few will be saved.  Jesus responds with, “Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.”  It is faith in Jesus and His death and resurrection that gets us to heaven, and only that.  He […]

17
Aug

Does Jesus Bring Peace or Division?

Luke 12:49-56 The prophet Isaiah said that the Messiah, the Savior, would be called Prince of Peace. The angels sing of peace on earth the day Christ is born. Yet in the Gospel reading, Jesus tells us that He did not come to bring peace but division. Which is it? Peace or Division? Or can […]

10
Aug

What Jesus Says About Anxiety

Luke 12:22-34 If someone says, “don’t be anxious, don’t worry” does that make you more anxious and more worried? Jesus tell His disciples not to be anxious, not to be worried about things like food and clothing.  And then He compares them to birds and flowers that neither sow, reap, toil, or spin, yet God […]

03
Aug

Jesus Christ the True Treasure

Luke 12:13-21 & Colossians 3:1-11 In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells the parable of the rich fool, who decides to tear down his barns in order to build bigger ones to store the abundance of his crops.  However, Christ warns about storing up and focusing on earthly treasures for ourselves, that we may not […]

27
Jul

Jesus Teaches Us to Pray

Luke 11:1-13 As the disciples see Jesus regularly going off to pray, one day after Jesus is finished, one of the disciples says, “Lord, teach us to pray.”  Jesus then gives the disciples what we know as the “Lord’s Prayer.”  This has been our go-to structure of prayer for a very long time.  The Lord’s […]