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Leviticus 16:1-19 God initiated the way that sinful man can be reconciled in relationship to Himself. The nation of Israel practiced a sacrificial system, a means to temporarily atone for the sins of mankind. This system was a foreshadow of the ultimate sacrifice. Jesus Christ died for the permanent removal of the sin of mankind. How will you respond?

Leviticus 11:44-47 God’s holiness is the defining attribute of His character, and in this text He teaches Israel that holiness requires distinction between the clean and the unclean. These dietary laws were not primarily about diet but about forming a people who understood that they belonged to God and were set apart for Him. In the same way, believers today are called to live lives that ref...

Leviticus 11:44-47 contains an abundance of strange laws about avoiding uncleanness and maintaining ritual purity. Though they may seem foreign at first glance, these laws ultimately point to the holiness of God and the seriousness of sin. Through Christ, God frees us from slavery to sin so that we might live lives set apart for Him and enjoy the life He intends for His redeemed people.

Leviticus 8:1-13 How can sinful people live near a holy God and not be consumed? In Leviticus 8 we watch God take the initiative: He appoints priests, consecrates them, clothes them, anoints them, and shows Israel that even their mediators need atonement. And that’s the point: the whole priestly system was never meant to be the finish line; it was meant to create hunger for someone better. B...

Leviticus 8:1-13 A mediator is needed for God to dwell with his people. In Leviticus, priests were set apart to represent the people before God, pointing ahead to Jesus, our Great High Priest. Through His once-for-all sacrifice, He opened the way to God, atoning for our sin and making us righteous. Because He became man, He understands us and intercedes for us. And now, as His followers, we are ca...

Leviticus 8:1-13 How can sinful people live near a holy God and not be consumed? In Leviticus 8 we watch God take the initiative: He appoints priests, consecrates them, clothes them, anoints them, and shows Israel that even their mediators need atonement. And that’s the point: the whole priestly system was never meant to be the finish line; it was meant to create hunger for someone better. B...

Leviticus 1:1-9 The first seven chapters of Leviticus detail the sacrificial system God gave Israel so that sinful people could live in the presence of a holy God. While the sacrificial system foreshadows the sufficiency of the ministry and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, Christians should not move too quickly past important truths Leviticus painstakingly makes: God is holy, we are sinful, a sacrifice...

Leviticus 1:1-9 Leviticus may feel dull and dated, but it lays a foundation beneath the beauty of the gospel, showing us the holiness of God and the seriousness of our sin. Through the Levitical sacrifices, we glimpse the cost of atonement and the way God provides a substitute. The altar points forward to Christ, whose body was broken and blood poured out so that sinners might draw near to a holy...

Luke 4:14-30 Some things provoke strong reactions in people, like cilantro, pineapple on pizza, and rap music. Jesus provokes the strongest reactions as well. Those who know they’re desperate love the grace of God; while those who are full of self-sufficiency and pride respond with fury at the thought that they need grace or that broken outsiders can receive it.

Luke 4:14-30 Luke sites this event as the beginning of Jesus ministry.  In an eventful interaction in the Synagogue, Jesus identifies who He is and why He has come.

Luke 4:14-30 Today we witness a shocking scene: the very people who knew Jesus best tried to throw Him off a cliff. It wasn’t ignorance that led to their rejection; it was familiarity, entitlement, and expectations of a Messiah who would fit their preferences. Jesus proclaimed grace, freedom, and spiritual rescue, yet they wanted power, signs, and national glory.   This sermon explores...

Luke 4:1-13 When temptation strikes, it rarely comes loud or obvious. It comes quietly, offering shortcuts, questioning God’s goodness, and urging us to take control rather than trust Him. Today we step into the wilderness with Jesus and witness the greatest temptation ever faced and the decisive victory that followed. Where Adam failed and Israel stumbled, Jesus stood firm, trusting the Fat...

Luke 4:1-13 Christians live in a real spiritual war where temptation is strategic, persistent and personal. By examining how the devil targets Jesus and how Jesus responds, we learn how to stay spiritually prepared and alert to the enemy’s schemes. Even when we do stumble and fall into sin, the hope of the gospel remains: Jesus has already won the decisive victory on our behalf.

Luke 4:1-13 Jesus was tempted in every way that we are, yet without sin. Where humanity failed ... where we fail, He succeeded. To endure temptation, we must look to the One who suffered and endured. We too can endure as we trust Him, learn from Him, and receive His help.

Luke 3:23-38 If you have done a Bible Reading Plan you know the feeling of coming across a genealogy in the Bible. At that point you have two options, 1. Skip ahead, or 2. Buckle up to butcher a list of Hebrew names for the next number of minutes. Yet, even these lists of names in Scripture are dripping with grace and preach the gospel.

 Luke 3:23-38 At first glance, biblical genealogies may seem irrelevant, leading many readers to skip over  them. However, doing so is a great disservice to yourself. Why? Because every part of the Bible  is equally inspired by God. Every word, every page, and yes, every genealogy is intentionally  included for our benefit. Take Luke’s genealogy, for example: it traces th...

Luke 3:23-38 Let’s be honest, genealogies might be the most skipped over parts of the Bible. We perceive them as dry, boring and irrelevant. Yet it’s not without reason that Luke gives us his list of 77 names. Jesus didn’t come from nowhere. He’s the Son of God, breaking into human history with a long human lineage, come to save ALL who will believe in him.

Luke 3:21-22 At the Jordan River, heaven opened and God spoke out loud, and what He said changes everything. In this message from Luke 3:21–22, we’ll slow down long enough to hear the Father’s voice declare who Jesus is and what that means for us: a faith anchored not in our feelings but in God’s testimony, an acceptance secured not by our performance but by Christ’s...

Luke 3:21-22 At the baptism of Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit publicly affirm and commission Him for  His ministry to sinful humanity. Jesus’ baptism was not an act of repentance, but an act of  identification—He chose to stand with us in our brokenness. Because He identifies with us, we  are invited to identify with Him, sharing in His righteousness, walking in f...

Luke 3:21-22 Jesus’ baptism – an incredible act of obedience and humility, is a model for His followers. Baptism shows us that, through repentance and faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of sins, heaven is opened to us through Jesus, giving us communion with God the Father. We receive the Holy Spirit, who descends on us when we have faith in Christ. We hear the voice of God the Father,...

James 1:27 On Compassion Sunday we hear Eric’s story of how being sponsored by Compassion as a child changed his life; and Pastor Matt shares that when James 1 tells us that pure religion cares for widows and orphans in their affliction it is a direct outworking of the gospel.

Luke 3:7-20 John the Baptist comes out swinging in this text, warning the crowd of coming wrath and unquenchable fire. Why? Because he longs for his audience to demonstrate transformed lives that bear fruit and point others to Christ. True repentance is the path to that transformation.

Luke 3:7-20 Harsh truth can be good truth none-the-less. John the Baptist, the forerunner to Jesus, confronts his audience with some of the most significant truth we can hear. It is hard hitting and designed to elicit a response. Apart from God’s grace we are lost in sin and prone to judgement. More than being a harbinger of hard truth, John is a prophet who passionately points to Jesus; the...

Luke 3:1-20 John the Baptist lived in the wilderness, wore a garment of camel’s hair, and ate locusts and wild honey and Jesus said that he was the greatest person who had ever lived to that point. He is a fascinating character that we can learn a lot from, especially his passionate for pointing people to the supremacy of Jesus.

Luke 3:1-6 John the Baptist was born for one reason – to be a prophetic voice in the wilderness to prepare people for God’s salvation in Christ through repentance and faith, making a straight, yet narrow, path to Jesus.