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Deuteronomy 20:16-18 As we embark on our summer series called My Weird & Wonderful Bible, this sermon addresses a common difficulty people have with the Old Testament: The number of texts where God instructs the Israelites to completely eradicate the Canaanites from the Promised Land. The key questions at hand are, 1. Is this Divinely mandated “Ethnic Cleansing”?; 2. Why does...

Deuteronomy 20:16-18 The first passage in our “My Weird & Wonderful Bible” summer series seems both bizarre and unsettling – a text where God instructs the Israelites to completely eradicate the Canaanites from the Promised Land ... a text that some have mistaken as a divine mandate for “ethnic cleansing” ... a text that seemingly highlights an extreme dispar...

Deuteronomy 20:16-18 The accounts of God’s commands to the Israelites to devote the peoples of Canaan to destruction have at times been used to portray God as vindictive or even as a moral monster. Yet when these texts are read carefully in their broader biblical context, a different picture emerges: while God’s judgment on sin is real and at times severe, He consistently reveals Himse...

Luke 6:27-36 When Jesus said ‘love your enemies and do good to those who hate you’, could he possibly have known about all the evil in the world? Of course he did. It was because of that evil, our sinfulness, that He came to this earth. Does our Christian walk seek to imitate that kind of love?

Luke 6:27-36 When Jesus said ‘love your enemies and do good to those who hate you’, could he possibly have known about all the evil in the world? Of course he did. It was because of that evil, our sinfulness, that He came to this earth. Does our Christian walk seek to imitate that kind of love?

Luke 6:27–36 Loving our enemies doesn't come naturally, and it may be one of the mostdifficult things Jesus ever asks of us. But in Luke 6:27–36, we discover that this commandisn't rooted in human effort but in God's incredible mercy toward us. In this challenging yetbeautiful passage we see how God's love changes our hearts and empowers us to extendgrace and mercy to those who need it...

Luke 6:20-26 God does not see things the way we do, because He does not look at what the world values. What we often prize, He does not. While the world focuses on outward appearance, God looks at the heart. In Jesus, we see a complete inversion of the world’s perspective, because the values of heaven are fundamentally different from the values of this world.

Luke 6:20-26 The keys to a full, satisfied, happy, joyful life are not what we often think they are. What Jesus says are the keys to happiness are, in fact, just the opposite of what the world tells us. His’ is an upside-down kingdom that, when pursued, offers the most satisfactory life possible!

Luke 6:20-26 Through a series of four blessings and corresponding woes, Jesus calls His followers to embrace kingdom values that turn the world’s value system upside down, where apparent earthly losses can become eternal gains.

Luke 6:12-19 SynopsisThe event surrounding Jesus selecting 12 Apostles reveals an invitation to deeper discipleship. Jesus embraces us where we’re at but calls us to deeper intimacy, faith, and effectiveness.

Luke 6:12-19 Apart from His decision to go to the cross, Jesus’ choice of who would be His apostles is perhaps the most consequential decision of His earthly ministry. These twelve men would go on to establish the church as we know it and plant the seeds that would carry Jesus’ mission forward.

Luke 6:12-19 Have you ever felt totally inadequate for a task God was calling you to? In Luke 6:12-19, Jesus calls twelve of his disciples to be his apostles. These weren’t the most educated, sophisticated men, and yet God built his church initially through this group. This text encourages us to answer Jesus’ call to live as people sent on mission, depending at every moment on Christ&r...

Luke 5:33 – 6:11 Why were the Pharisees so upset that Jesus and His disciples were feasting instead of fasting? In this passage, Jesus reveals that something entirely new has arrived. He is the Bridegroom, the Lord of the Sabbath, and the Savior who came to bring joy, freedom, and life to His people. As the religious leaders cling to their traditions and self-righteousness, Jesus invites us...

Luke 5:33-6:11 When legalism replaces the way of Jesus, a lack of love and concern for others results, and people’s needs for forgiveness, for daily provision, and for healing, are overlooked.

Luke 5:33 - 6:11 In this sermon, we explore Jesus’ confrontation with the Pharisees in Luke 5:33–6:11 and reveals how easily religious traditions can become barriers to experiencing the transforming work of God. Through stories about fasting, wineskins, the Sabbath, and the healing of a man with a withered hand, Jesus challenges a system that prioritized outward performance over inward...

Luke 5:27-32 Jesus dined with tax collectors and sinners and it transformed their lives. This sermon seeks to apply the way of Jesus to our interactions with unbelievers so we neither stand at a distance condemning culture, nor assimilate to the culture, but bring the distinctive, compelling beauty of Jesus effectively with us wherever we go.

Luke 5:27-32 Jesus lived His life keenly observing people. He saw their need and then, motivated by mercy, called them to leave their way of living and follow Him. He still does this, now through His disciples.

Luke 5:27-32 Jesus lived with a deliberate mission in mind: to seek and save sinners. He saw the outcasts, misfits and social pariahs, went to them and called them to follow him. He was not afraid of being judged by self-righteous religious figures, but rather called all people, regardless of their position or power, to repent of their sin and follow him.

Romans 8:1-11 Pentecost reminds us of a breathtaking reality: the Holy Spirit of God now dwells within every believer. In Romans 8, Paul contrasts the life of the flesh (marked by condemnation, slavery, and death) with the life of the Spirit, marked by freedom, peace, sonship, and transformation in Christ. Today we’ll consider what it truly means to set our minds on the Spirit, walk in His p...

Romans 8:1-11 On Pentecost Sunday, we explore Romans 8:1–11 and the reality of life inthe Holy Spirit. In Christ, the verdict over believers has changed and there is now nocondemnation. Through the Spirit, God not only forgives us but transforms our minds,reshapes our desires, and fills us with resurrection hope. This morning we will unpackhow the Spirit frees us from shame and empowers us t...

Romans 8:1-11 In Acts 2, the Spirit fell on all believers present in Jerusalem, the church was birthed, and everything changed. Now, God himself takes up residence inside the lives of each individual believer by the presence and power of his Holy Spirit. On this Pentecost Sunday, we reflect on what the Holy Spirit accomplishes in the daily ongoing life of the Christian. From Romans 8:1-11 the mess...

Romans 8:31-39 Jesus died and rose again. Amazing as that is it’s not the end of the story. On Ascension Sunday we are focusing on the current role that Jesus plays as the reigning King of kings over all creation and active intercessor as our great High Priest in heaven — and why that makes all the difference in your life today.

Romans 8: 31-39 Forty days after Christ’s resurrection, Jesus rose, bodily, to heaven. This ascension completed the mission of Jesus on earth but was the beginning of God’s plan for the Christian church. The sacrifice of Christ on the cross, His victory over death and His ascension to heaven direct us to have confidence that there is nothing that is able to separate us from the love of...

Romans 8:31-37 Jesus' ascension is one of the most underrated Christian doctrines, nevertheless, it has massive life changing implications for the follower of Christ. Because of Jesus’ ascension we can have confidence that God is for us, since nothing can separate us from the love of our enthroned King who is praying for us and is coming back for us.

Luke 5:17-26 God uses the faith and determination of Christians to lead people to Jesus, where salvation, forgiveness, and healing are found. The story of the men bringing a paralytic to Jesus reminds us that religious people&nbsp...