Luke 9:1-9
Luke's Gospel moves into its third phase, with Jesus' mission now growing exponentially with the gathering, equipping, and sending out of his discipleship group.
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Luke's Gospel moves into its third phase, with Jesus' mission now growing exponentially with the gathering, equipping, and sending out of his discipleship group.
Looking at the encounter of Jesus with the woman with chronic bleeding and the raising of Jairus' daughter and relating them to the experience of women today.
Luke records two stories of Jesus' amazing authority, over nature when he calms the storm, and then over an "army" of evil spirits as he frees the demonically oppressed man. Jim looks at what these stories tell us about Jesus.
It is central to our calling as followers of Jesus to seek to hear his voice, and then do what he says. In this passage, Jesus explains that you can tell who hears his words and truly receives them, because their lives and actions are changed.
Luke tells us the story of a woman with astonishing faith, and a “should have known better” Pharisee who completely missed who Jesus was. Jim looks at faith and forgiveness in these two figures’ stories.
Beginning with a brief overview of parallels between John the Baptist and Elijah, the focus shifts to a reflection on how the religious authorities responded to John’s message of repentance and Jesus’ teaching of the Kingdom. The talk concludes with 4 areas of application.
Morag looks at the passage in Luke where John the Baptist asks Jesus, “Are You the one?”
A look at the stories of the Centurion’s Faith and the Widow’s son and asking what it looks like to have a compassionate heart in our every day lives.
A look at what it means to be fruitful, as we consider who we are following, and what kind of tree we are.
Jim looks at God's Promise, Pentecost, and God's Presence with us, in the wonderful moment of God giving His people His Holy Spirit.