[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6309979/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] Once again, Jesus disrupts dinner party decorum. In this case, it is to heal a man suffering terrible pain. A worthy cause, his Pharisee hosts, would agree. But this particular dinner was happening on the Sabbath, and, well…healings were “work” and should wait. Or...
Category: Sermons
God, Self & Other – Luke 38: Narrow Doors and Sleepless Nights
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6309860/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] The life of faith will have its share of sleepless nights. The question is whether we are having them for the right reasons. In this episode we look at Jesus’s parable of the “narrow door” – a stern warning to those who, in their...
God, Self & Other – Luke 37: Fig Trees, Puffy Bread and Other Stories of the Kingdom
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6310012/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] Of one thing we can all be sure: the kingdom of God will upend expectations. Religious insiders will find themselves on the wrong end of rebuke while outsiders are welcomed as family. The lowly and humble will be raised up, while the strong discover...