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Scripture Text: Jeremiah 29:4-7; 1 Peter 2:11-12 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Oaks Parish Vision Oaks Parish pursues gospel-centered renewal through parish ministry, walking alongside our city, region, and world. This renewal is embodied in the beauty of liturgical worship, mission rooted in people and place among the least and lost, and relational discipleship that forms us into the image of...

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Scripture Text: Romans 12:1-2 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Oaks Parish Vision Oaks Parish pursues gospel-centered renewal through parish ministry, walking alongside our city, region, and world. This renewal is embodied in the beauty of liturgical worship, mission rooted in people and place among the least and lost, and relational discipleship that forms us into the image of Christ. Lesslie New...

Scripture Text: Luke 24 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection N.T. Wright, Luke for Everyone The real slave-master, keeping the human race in bondage, is death itself. Earthly tyrants borrow power from death to boost their rule; that’s why crucifixion was such a symbol of Roman authority. Victory over death robs the powers of their main threat. Sin, which means humans rebelling against God and so consp...

Scripture Text: Psalm 87 Sagar Mekwan Quotes for Reflection Erich Zenger There the nations, together with Israel, are to learn the peace that brings creation to its goal, namely to be a house of life and joy for all. Application Questions 1. What makes Zion secure and firmly established, and how should this truth bring us encouragement and comfort? 2. What are the glorious things spoken about Zion...

Quotes for Reflection N.T. Wright, Luke for Everyone At the heart of Luke’s picture of the cross is the mocking of Jesus as king of the Jews, which draws into a single stark sketch the meaning expressed by the various characters and the small incidents elsewhere in the narrative. Jesus has stood on its head the meaning of kingship, the meaning of the kingdom itself. He has celebrated with the wron...

Scripture Text: Luke 22:14-46 Bryan Buck Application Questions 1. When it comes to the Lord’s Supper, what have you been missing about its centrality to a gospel-centered life? 2. How do you particularly struggle with a self-centered existence? 3. How does gospel-surrender result in greater gain than the world can ever offer?

Scripture Text: John 2:1-11 Jason Curtis Quotes for Reflection Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places You would think that believing that Jesus is God among us would be the hardest thing. It is not. It turns out that the hardest thing is to believe that God's work--this dazzling creation, this astonishing salvation, this cascade of blessings--is all being worked out in and under the...

Scripture Text: Luke 21 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either—but right through every human heart—and through all human hearts. Darrell Bock, The Gospel of Luke: NIV Commentary When one looks at a powerful nation, it is easy to think that i...

Scripture Text: Luke 20:19-26 Quotes for Reflection Augustine, The City of God What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith. Martin Luther King Jr., “Where Do We Go From Here?”, 08/16/1967 Let us be dissatisfied until that day when nobody will shout, “White Power!” when nobod...

Scripture Text: Luke 19:1-10 Bryan Buck Application Questions 1. How does gospel-centered humility specifically help you love others? 2. How can you use summer to slow down and hear God’s voice? 3. How can God’s blessing flow through you this week?

Scripture Text: Luke 18:1-17 Andy Tobin Quotes for Reflection Eugene Peterson, A Long Obedience In the Same Direction God sticks to his relationship. He establishes a personal relationship with us and stays with it. The central reality for Christians is the personal, unalterable, persevering commitment God makes to us. Perseverance is not the result of our determination; it is the result of God’s...

Scripture Text: Luke 17:1-10 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship The response of the disciples is an act of obedience, not a confession of faith in Jesus…No one wants to know about your faith or unbelief, your orders are to perform the act of obedience on the spot. Then you will find yourself in the situation where faith becomes possible and where faith e...

Scripture Text: Ephesians 1:3-14 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Tish Harrison Warren, Liturgy of the Ordinary Flannery O’Connor once told a young friend to “push as hard as the age that pushes against you.” The church is to be a radically alternative people, marked by the love of the triune God in each area of life. But often we are not sure how to become this sort of alternative people. Though...

Scripture Text: Acts 2:1-13 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Charles Wesley, O Thou Who Camest from Above O Thou who camest from above, the pure celestial fire to'impart, kindle a flame of sacred love upon the altar of my heart. Richard Belward Rackham’s commentary, The Acts of the Apostles: An Exposition Every new beginning in thought or life is inevitably accompanied by disturbance. There is the...

Scripture Text: Acts 1:1-11 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection N.T. Wright, Acts for Everyone The point of the resurrection itself is that without it there is no gospel, no Deeds and Teachings of King Jesus II. There would only be the sad and glorious memory of a great, but failed, teacher and would-be Messiah. The resurrection of the Jesus who died under the weight of the world’s evil is the founda...

Scripture Text: Luke 16:1-17 Andy Tobin Quotes for Reflection N. T. Wright, Luke for Everyone The key to it all is in the opening verses: it’s about faithfulness. Money is not a possession, it’s a trust: God entrusts property to people and expects it to be used to his glory and the welfare of his children, not for private glory or glamour. Money also, according to this passage, points beyond itsel...

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Luke 15:1-32 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Andrew Murray, Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness Just as water always seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds the creature humble and empty, His glory and power flow in to exalt and to bless. The Bruised Reed, Richard Sibbes Those who feel the furthest from comfort are actually the most ready for it. Most people don't feel lost en...

The Oaks Parish Podcast Bryan Buck & Martha Van Houten

Sermon Text: Luke 14:25-35 Quincy Robinson

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Scripture Text: Luke 13:10-21 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke With Christ nothing is impossible. He can soften hearts which seem as hard as the lowest millstone. He can bend stubborn wills which for eighteen years have been set on self-pleasing, on sin, and on the world. He can enable sinners who have been long poring over earthly things to loo...

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