Victory Through Humiliation
You'll hear why the disciples on the Emmaus road missed the resurrection even though Jesus had predicted it three times, and what it looks like to stop seeking a Messiah who trades in worldly power.
Scripture
Sermons on Luke
34 sermons in the archive.
Beyond Hospitality to Family
You'll hear why welcoming the immigrant as a temporary guest falls short of what Jesus actually demanded, and what it looks like to treat a stranger as an irreplaceable member of your own body.
Augustus Is the Imposter
You'll see how Luke's Christmas story is a quiet act of political defiance, naming a baby in a barn as the true Lord and Savior in direct challenge to the most powerful man on earth, and what it means to give that same challenge to whatever demands your total allegiance today.
Loving Until It Costs
You'll hear why Jesus's call to bless enemies, share possessions, and side with the poor isn't passive resignation but a radical, costly way of becoming fully human, and what that looks like for ordinary people today.
The World Turned Upside Down
You'll hear why Jesus names the poor man in this parable and leaves the rich man nameless, and what that reversal asks of you before it's too late.
Shrewd and Honest
You'll hear why Jesus praised a corrupt manager's cunning without approving the corruption, and what it means to pursue your ultimate future without checking out of the present one.
We Are All Foreigners
You'll hear how the Bible's consistent call to care for migrants and refugees isn't a political position but a defining mark of what it means to follow Jesus, and what that asks of you personally, regardless of where you stand on border policy.
He Wouldn't Wait a Day
You'll hear why Jesus healed a woman who had been bent double for 18 years on the one day he wasn't supposed to, and what his refusal to wait says about how urgently God wants to free you from whatever is weighing you down.
Count the Cost First
You'll hear Jesus make an uncomfortably direct claim: that following him requires a total commitment that puts every other loyalty, including family and self, in second place, and you'll be invited to sit with what that actually costs before deciding whether to keep walking.
Death Is Not the Last Stop
You'll hear why the resurrection isn't just a past event to celebrate once a year, but the opening move in the ongoing defeat of death, and what that means for the grief, fear, and unanswered questions you're carrying right now.
Invited to the Feast
You'll hear why Jesus placed people with disabilities at the center of his vision for God's kingdom, and what it means to build a community where belonging goes deeper than accessibility ramps and polite inclusion.
Good News for the Wrong People
You'll hear why Jesus chose a passage about poverty and captivity to launch his entire ministry, and what it means that he deliberately left out the part about destroying his enemies.
Humble Enough to Be Used
You'll hear how Mary's willingness to accept an honor that came wrapped in social shame points to something God offers anyone: the chance to matter not because of status, but because of surrender.
Turning Toward the Wrath
You'll hear why John the Baptist's harsh warnings about judgment and greed are actually good news, and what it means to flee danger by turning toward it rather than away from it.
Change Your Mind, Not Just Your Behavior
You'll learn the difference between feeling sorry and actually repenting, and walk away with four concrete questions to ask yourself about whether your mind is being shaped toward the kind of life you want to live.
Waiting With Open Eyes
You'll hear why Advent begins not with a manger scene but with cosmic upheaval, and what it looks like to wait for Christ's return with active, eyes-open hope rather than anxious dread or comfortable distraction.
Sought Before You Searched
You'll hear how two grieving followers failed to recognize the person walking right beside them, and what their blindness reveals about the ways Jesus quietly seeks people out before they think to look for him.
Welcome the Mess
You'll hear why God chose the most complicated, inconvenient, reputation-risking way to enter the world, and what that says about the kind of life he's actually inviting you into.
From Colorblind to Courageous
You'll hear a clear-eyed account of how American Christianity moved from actively defending racism, to politely ignoring it, to what faithful discipleship actually requires now: the courage to see race in order to pursue genuine equity and beloved community.
Why Jesus Raises the Dead
You'll see why Jesus raised people from the dead not as a demonstration of raw power, but out of gut-level compassion and a concern for justice, and how those smaller resurrections point toward the one that actually defeats death for good.
Faith Beyond Borders
You'll see how a Roman soldier's trust in Jesus upends assumptions about who belongs to God, and what it means that Jesus was amazed by an outsider's faith when he found so little of it among insiders.
Remember What You Forgot
You'll hear why the women at the tomb came expecting a corpse, and what it means for you when darkness makes it hard to remember the promises you've already been given.
Eager to Give Himself
You'll hear why Jesus described his final meal before the cross as something he 'eagerly desired,' and what it means to actually receive what he was offering, not just admire it from a distance.
The Father Who Runs
You'll see how both brothers in this famous parable were lost in different ways, and how the real extravagance in the story belongs not to the wayward son but to the father who abandons all dignity to run toward him.
Keep Asking Anyway
You'll hear why the widow in Jesus's parable keeps showing up to a courtroom that has already failed her, and what her persistence reveals about who God is when your prayers seem to go unanswered.
Reading Jesus Across Cultures
You'll come away with a clearer sense of how your own cultural background shapes what feels 'normal' in faith and church life, and why understanding the culture Jesus actually lived in changes what his most familiar stories mean.
Waking Up to a Changing Church
You'll hear why the demographic shifts already reshaping American society demand that churches stop defaulting to comfortable, mono-ethnic patterns, and what it actually takes, in practice, to become a community that reflects the global body of Christ.
Born for the Least Expected
You'll discover why the shepherds were the first to hear the Christmas announcement, and what it means that the newborn Jesus was wrapped and laid exactly like the lambs those shepherds raised for sacrifice.
Power Reversed, Lowly Lifted
You'll hear how Mary's ancient song of praise outlines a pattern that runs through Jesus's entire life: the powerful brought low, the humble raised up, and what that reversal means for where you find yourself right now.
When You Almost Miss Him
You'll hear why Jesus keeps showing up unexpectedly and then disappearing, and what that rhythm of presence and absence is meant to produce in you.
Defining Your Own Peace
You'll hear why the Palm Sunday crowd cheered for Jesus and then called for his crucifixion five days later, and what that instability reveals about the difference between following Jesus on your own terms and following him on his.
God Arrives in a Small Place
You'll see how Luke deliberately zooms in from the whole Roman Empire down to one obscure family on the road, and why that narrowing down to the smallest possible place is exactly the point of Christmas.
Small Faith, Open Hands
You'll see the difference between Mary's question and Zechariah's doubt, and what that contrast means for the times your own faith feels thin or worn down.
Recognized in the Breaking
You'll hear why the disciples on the road to Emmaus couldn't see Jesus even while walking beside him, and what it looks like when recognition finally breaks through the confusion in your own life.