Introduction: Luke emphasized the humanity of Jesus. It is only appropriate that many of the teachings of Jesus which Luke recorded show us how to live a human life in union with God. Luke contains some of the best-known stories about Jesus’ life. Here find the story of the Good Samaritan, the Lord’s…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Abraham Lincoln said in December of 1839, "Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may loose hers, but if she shall, be at my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert, but that I never deserted her." Lincoln was a man of loyalty to his country, and his loyalty…

God takes the ashes of our lives and exchanges them for His beauty

God Himself is the only one who can help us with the search for purpose in our lives. Your quest cannot bear the results you are looking for until you turn your eyes upward. Will you believe Him for your direction?

What is the meaning of Hour in John

Have you ever asked: Why is everybody so happy at Christmas? Why is everybody expected to be so happy at Christmas? What is the essence of the Christmas spirit? Well, Secular Scientists have asked this over the years! So a “scientific study” a few years back had concluded that the ‘feeling of Christmas'…

Mary's song reminds us that God is mighty and merciful toward us.

As we continue considering the Characters that are part of the Christmas story, we come to, arguably, the most popular person after Jesus: Mary. Two weeks ago, we began by thinking about Simeon and how his anticipation of the coming of Messiah was impacted by the hope-filled message of the Prophets.…

Introduction I can’t believe we’re into December already. It feels like only yesterday it was summer. Since next week is our big radio roadshow and Paul is focusing on Joseph, I thought that today we’d focus on Mary…and specifically the cost of saying ‘yes’ - what does it mean to say ‘yes’ to Jesus?…

Luke 7: 36-50 – “Break the Box and Pour it Out!!” By now you should know that the theme of Luke is that Jesus comes to seek and to save those that are lost. It would appear from all of the Gospels about Jesus that Luke in particular focuses on the people who are considered to be the outcasts. Luke in…

I speak to you in the name of the Lord Jesus which comes to us in the humbleness of the most fragile creature to be the saviour of the world. Amen “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.” These are the opening…

By Pastor Glenn Pease It I had a dollar for every tear shed by men and women if the Bible, I would be a wealthy man, for the Bible is a book soaked with the tears of the saints. The weeping of the wicked and the sobs of sinners added to the tears of the saints makes a salty sea of liquid. Not only was…

Today we are looking at the dilemma Mary faced in saying, “Yes” to the Lord. Why a series called, “The Christmas Dilemma?” Typically we refer to Christmas a the most wonderful time of the year. We even sing songs with that theme. Our culture places a great emphasis on Christmas as the greatest time of…

Introduction Announce Text: Luke 1:26-38 Scripture Intro: Re-announce and read text: Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.…

1 I will extol you, O Lord , for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me. 2 O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. 3 O Lord , you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit. 4 Sing praises to the Lord…

By Pastor Glenn Pease December in Peru is just as hot as July. The jungle is steaming and the insects are ferocious. Yet in that jungle setting more than 300 people from the Wycliff Bible Translators celebrate Christmas. The twinkling Christmas tree lights are not on a pine or fur tree, but on a banana…

Last week’s text and today’s lesson provide us with a setting that is easy to write-off as “I’ll never need that.” After all, what is the likelihood that an angel will appear to us physically? And IF an angel appears, what are the chances that any one of us will be told that we will supernaturally conceive…

1 On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2 So she went running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They’ve taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we…

God says uncomfortable things. He uses words we’d prefer he didn’t. Where we would be delicate or euphemistic, God blurts things out. Here in Luke, for example, he grabs one of those words we prefer not using: “virgin.” Sure, we’ll confess it in the Creed, but outside of that it’s one of those awkward,…

An Untold Christmas Story: War In The Heavens! A Woman In Labor (Parallel worlds) Revelation 12:1-2 A favorite theme of Star Trek and others space programs is the idea that there are parallel worlds, or even parallel universes. This idea is not just the active imagination of screen writers, but is actually…

Reading: Luke 1:39-56 Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished! Luke 1:45 (NIV) I. Mary is a woman of Faith A. “May it be to me as You Have Said” (v.Luke 1:38) 1. Mary trusts God can do the impossible a. Tho probably she was very young b. This isn’t getting…

In a few short hours I’ll be leaving and making my way, 12 hours up north, to Ontario, CA. I’m headed up there for our annual FFM trip, we have been going now for the last several years. You might wonder why I do it. Why, Pastor, do you drive all that way, spend the money, the time, and the energy, to…

Today we will be studying John 12:1-11 . I encourage you to open your bibles to that passage, or follow along using the Bible Study App, or on the screen behind me. As you open to that passage, let’s review the background to this event, which occurs just before the final week of Jesus before His death…

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer." "Special Delivery" (Luke 1:26-55) INTRODUCTION: In an old Dennis the Menace cartoons, Mr. Wilson looks out the window, sees Dennis running down the street and then comments, "There's…

Each week leading up to Christmas we are looking at Calls given by God through angels. What is a call? We are not talking about a call, like you receive a call on the phone. No, this is a call, like a call to action. It is an invitation to join in, a direction given. It is given to motivate, spur on,…