Faith Working through Love
Here is a sermon I gave at the youth devotional we hosted! Hope you enjoy! If you want to watch the full devotional with the singing and scripture reading, check out our YouTube page!
The Man in the Ditch
When we read the parable of the Good Samaritan, we normally identify with the benevolent outsider who gives up his ride, two days wages, and writes a blank check to the innkeeper. Laws have been written, charities formed, and political… Read More »The Man in the Ditch
Patient When Wronged
The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,… Read More »Patient When Wronged
Is Jesus The Way or in the Way?
Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.… Read More »Is Jesus The Way or in the Way?
What Does the Church Need?
Here’s my bulletin article from this week: What does North Broad need to grow? What do we need to grow spiritually? What do we need to grow closer together as a community of believers? What do we need to grow… Read More »What Does the Church Need?
Moved with Compassion
In Luke’s account of the gospel, he tells us about times when someone was moved with “compassion.” New Testament scholar Amy Jill Levine observes, “In all three cases the reaction is a response to a presumed death or loss; it… Read More »Moved with Compassion
The Favorable Year of the Lord [pt. 6]
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the… Read More »The Favorable Year of the Lord [pt. 6]
To Set Free Those Who Are Oppressed [pt. 5]
If the last line of Luke 4:18 seemed odd to us because Jesus cited the Septuagint (LXX) instead of the Hebrew text, then this will be even more puzzling to us because this line is found nowhere in Isaiah 61.… Read More »To Set Free Those Who Are Oppressed [pt. 5]
Recovery of Sight to the Blind [pt. 4]
There are a couple of differences between Jesus’s quotation of Isaiah 61:1 in Luke 4:18 and the normal translation of Isaiah 61 based on the Hebrew Bible. For one, Jesus omits “He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted”… Read More »Recovery of Sight to the Blind [pt. 4]
Proclaim Release to the Captives [pt. 3]
In this study of Luke 4:18, we now come to one of the more difficult lines in the passage. Part of the difficulty here is that the word for captives (aichmalōtos) is only used here in the New Testament. This… Read More »Proclaim Release to the Captives [pt. 3]