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Text: Romans 3:19-28 Summary: Are you good enough? A dangerous question we ask ourselves. Luther asks himself this question too! In the Reformation God revealed to Luther and to us that God doesn’t ask us this question. In fact, He doesn’t expect us to be good enough. That is why he sent Jesus! Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Text: Luke 18:9-17 Summary: Jesus continues to prepare His disciples by teaching them how they are to pray. They are to pray humbly and, recognizing that they have no righteousness, to appeal to God’s mercy. This is how the unrighteous will be justified; they are justified through God’s mercy! Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Text: Luke 18:1-10 Summary: Are you persistent in prayer or do you grow weary? I think if we are honest, we grow weary. What is the longest time you have prayed for something daily? In Luke 18 our Lord encourages his disciples and us to pray to him continually and regularly. In the parable he commends persistence alone, but with Him we have even more to encourage us to pray. Pastor Adam Thompson,...

Text: Luke 17:11-19 Summary: Jesus encounter with the 10 lepers on his way to Jerusalem is a small glimpse of the radical nature of the generous and gracious love of the new kingdom of God that He will establish. It has a lot to teach us about why the life of a Christian is fueled by a gospel fueled gratitude about what Jesus has done for us. Just like the Samaritan leper, he has cleansed us from...

Text: Luke 17:1-10 Summary: How exactly are disciples of Jesus meant to live together with one another and with the world? Jesus answers this question in the gospel reading in Luke 17. He knows that when you follow Him that the problems of the sinful flesh and the fallen world persist. Yet, He has given us all we need in faith to live as He calls us! Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Text: Luke 16:19-31 Title: The Rich Man and Lazarus Summary: Jesus tells the story of a rich man and Lazarus and boy do we learn! In this teaching of Jesus we focus on three things in the sermon. One, the focus of the story is Lazarus; the guy the world ignores! Two, God measures righteousness by faith and not by worldly measures. Three, you have been given everything you need to receive the faith...

Text: Luke 16:1-15 Summary: Perhaps one of the most confusing stories Jesus tells, the Dishonest Steward, is told to teach his disciples about shrewdness. We will wrestle with this text to see that God is helping his disciples learn how to be shrewd not for unrighteous wealth (wealth of the world), but to be shrewd as His disciples for the kingdom of God. Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran C...

Text: Luke 15:1-10 Summary: In response to the Pharisees grumbling about who Jesus associates with, Jesus tells a couple of parables describing how God and all of heaven feels when one sinner who is lost, repents and is rescued by Jesus. Did you know that God feels that way about you? God and all of heaven rejoices when we, who are lost, are rescued by God through the Word and Sacrament gifts of J...

Rev. Dr. Mart Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Text: Luke 14:1-14 Summary: Have you ever been invited to a truly spectacular banquet? A banquet that made you look around and think, “How did I ever end up here?” Well, Jesus is inviting you to one such banquet each Sunday. It is an amazing heavenly banquet, but he doesn’t invite the people you would expect. Jesus invites you! Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Text: Luke 13:22-30 Summary: In Luke 13 Jesus responds to the question, “Lord, are those being saved few?” by warning us to be on guard. Rather than ask this question about others, Jesus teaches us to reflect on it personally by asking, “Am I saved?” The answer to that in Jesus is yes! However, Jesus also warns us about not becoming entitled in our salvation. He reminds us that it isn’t through an...

Text: Luke 12:49-56  Summary: When we think of Jesus, we typically focus on the things we like. That He forgives us, He loves us, and that He brings peace. Yet, today in our gospel reading, Jesus himself, tells us that he has not come to bring peace on earth, but division. How do we make sense of Jesus bring both peace and division? Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Text: Luke 12:22-34 Summary: It is easy to say, “Do not be anxious.” but it is much harder to get rid of your anxiety. Does Jesus not understand that? Jesus does! He really knows about anxiety; He took all of our fear and worry on Himself. Here in Luke, Jesus is teaching his disciples another way to live. It is a way that brings us an unfading and everlasting treasure. A treasure that guards us fr...

Lutheranism 101 Bible Study  Rev. Adam Thompson

Lutheranism 101 Bible Study  Rev. Adam Thompson

Lutheranism 101 Bible Study  Rev. Adam Thompson

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Lutheranism 101 Bible Study  Rev. Adam Thompson  2022

Lutheranism 101 Bible Study  Rev. Adam Thompson  2022

Lutheranism 101 Bible Study  Rev. Adam Thompson  2022

Lutheranism 101 Bible Study  Rev. Adam Thompson  2022