- The cause of great joy
- “How slow to believe!” (v 13-27)
- The Lord Jesus opens what is shut (v28-35)
To see the gospel bear fruit in the Inner West and the World as we commit, grow, engage and send.
Sermons on Luke
- ‘Watching these things…’ (Like 23:47-49)
- Seeing ourselves
- Seeing our sinfulness
- Seeing our judgement
- Seeing our helplessness
- Seeing Jesus
- Seeing the king
- Seeing salvation
- More than spectators
- Surprising advice!
- The Dishonest Manager (& his Master)
- The Manager’s Predicament
- The Manager Acts
- The Master Commends
- Wealth and relationships (a philosophical interlude)
- Sober Stewardship
- Entrusted with riches
- For making friends
- Awkward dinners
- A Sabbath meal
- A hard word for the dinner guests
- Healing on the Sabbath (vv. 1-5)
- Places of honour (vv. 7-11)
- Inviting the poor (vv. 12-14)
- Missing the banquet (vv. 15-24)
- Having Jesus to dinner?
- Following Manly
- Following Jesus
- As a disciple (e.g. 9:23, 1 Kings 19:21)
- On a journey
- The journey of Jesus (9:51; cf. 14:25; 19:11; Mark 10:32)
- A perplexing beginning (9:52-56)
- Three confusing conversations (3:57-62)
- A prediction and a promise (9:21-24)
- Following Jesus today
- “Powerful in word and deed…” (Luke 24:19; 7:1)
- Surprising miracles (Luke 7:1-17)
- The raising of the widow’s son… (7:11-15)
- …and the amazement of the crowds (7:16-17)
- The healing of a centurion’s servant… (7:1-8, 10)
- …and the amazement of Jesus (7:9)
- John’s question… (7:18-20)
- …and Jesus’ answer (7:21-23)
- Once more, Isaiah 61 and Luke 4:18-19
- The raising of the widow’s son… (7:11-15)
- Responding to Jesus’ miracles
- Stumbling (7:23, 4:23-30)
- Praising and proclaiming (7:16-17)
- Trusting (7:9)
- Constantine’s conversion
- Nebuchadnezzar’s vision (Daniel 2:31-45)
- Jesus’ announcement (Luke 4:16-21, 43)
- Jesus’ parables (Luke 13:18-21)
- Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)
- Crowd members, tax collectors and soldiers… (Luke 3:10-14)
- …and us
- A rich man gives half his possessions to the poor
- A rich ruler, a repentant tax collector, and a blind man
- Zacchaeus wants to see Jesus
- Jesus sees Zacchaeus
- Jesus speaks
- Surprised by Jesus’ mission
- Outsiders and insiders
- Jesus returns to Galilee (vv. 14-15)
- Jesus makes a surprising claim (vv. 16-22)
- Jesus forces a decision (vv. 23-30)
- An invitation to consider Jesus