[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5801378/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Notice that Jesus never travels alone – strange behavior for a 1st century Jewish holy man/prophet. Even more…unexpected…is the crowd with whom Jesus surrounds himself. Many are not known for their “holiness” (being sinners, drunkards and tax collectors). And a few have an...
Category: Sermons
The Difficulty of Believing in a Truly Loving God – Luke, Part 18
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5752058/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Love is hard to believe. For all our longing for love, all of our hope that love wins…, to actually trust in love when it is offered is incredibly difficult, especially when the offer comes from God. In this episode we look at Jesus’s...
God, Self & Other – Luke 16: Jesus and Christian Ethics (Sermon on the Plain, Part 2)
Jesus is often misunderstood as teaching a moral system – a new vision of right and wrong that will be more pleasing to God. But to hear him in this way is to miss the greater point of his message. In this episode we explore Jesus’s famous “Sermon on the Plain” (Luke 6) and how...