Luke – Page 3

The Way of Compassion 1/19

I am so grateful, and my congregation is so grateful, to be here today with you at First Baptist Church. And I am so […]

Being a Prophetic Community in Statesville 1/19

(This sermon was preached at First Baptist Church, Garfield Rd, Statesville as a part of the community-wide celebrations held to honor Dr. Martin Luther King) […]

Seed, Soil and Spirituality

This is the only parable Jesus explained. Parables were stories Jesus told to help us imagine life in the kingdom of God. There were designed […]

One

Today we look at one of the most dramatic healings/exorcisms in the gospels: the healing of the Geresene demoniac. The Southern novelist Flannery O’Connor wrote […]

What About Mary Magdalene? 7/18

Who was Mary Magdalene and what was her relationship with Jesus? Such questions have been the subject of great fascination and debate through the years. […]

The Love Commands of Christ

I close this series on the commands of Christ with the most important and comprehensive: the Love Commands. I count these commands seven […]

Jesus the Stranger

Only the Jesus who is other, different, intriguing, frustrating, fascinating can change what one really is. A Jesus who is like the self only reinforces […]