Luke 6:17–49. One tiny light can capture the attention and illuminate a space much bigger than you might expect. Your life, by the power of the Holy Spirit’s work in you, can have disproportionate influence on our world.

Luke 5:1–16. Today, we're looking at two miracles; miracles that show a pattern we see throughout the Gospel of Luke—Jesus constantly declares who he is by what he says and what he does. And that revelation demands a response. They all force this question on us: Who is Jesus? Who is this Jesus? When we answer that question, it is going to have implications. If Jesus is who he says he is, the very Son of God, then he deserves the response that Simon gave him: “I’m leaving everything and following Jesus.” 

Luke 2:1–21. This text is a tale of two kings. Both are mighty. Both are powerful. Yet they express this power in very different ways. One in pomp and circumstance for worldly accolades. The other, through humility, bringing a message of hope and salvation for all people. And you and I have a choice—which type of king will we look to for our own hope and salvation?

Luke 1:57–80. This is the third sermon in our four-part Advent series. As we’ve said before, our hope during this Advent season is that God would help our hearts to grow in celebration and longing for the coming of the King—greater celebration of his first coming and greater longing for his second coming. For this sermon, we will look at the birth of John the Baptist and his earthly ministry, apply it to our own lives, and then we will look at Zechariah’s prophetic song and apply that in a similar way as we reflect on what is so great about Jesus that makes spending our whole lives pointing to him totally worthwhile.

Luke 1:39–56. Today, we get to look and see that Mary believed the promise of the Lord. What we're going to see is that the Mighty One, God, exercises his mercy on the humble who fear him, and we are to trust him and his plan just like Mary did. First, we're going to see who our God is and Mary’s faith through Elizabeth's eyes, and then we're going to see it in Mary's own song. 

Luke 1:26–38. Luke, the writer of the Gospel of Luke does something no other writer of a gospel does—He juxtaposes the promises of Jesus’ birth with the promise of the birth of John the Baptist. He records John’s backstory in as much detail as he does Jesus’s birth and the events leading up to it. As we look at the birth of our Savior and compare it to what God was doing in John the Baptist’s narrative, we will see the same amazing picture that Luke wants us to see as well—that our God is working and our God is coming!

Psalm 110. As we’ll see in Psalm 110, Yahweh is calling us to behold the priest-king! Because in him we find the answer to our questions and the resolution to the theological tension of justice and mercy. He shows us how Yahweh can be both just and forgiving at the same time. Prepare to behold your priest-king!

Psalm 113. As we come to Psalm 113 this morning, we are challenged to praise that which really matters. Of course, we would all say, who doesn’t want to praise what is most important! Yet, so often, our lives reveal that we don’t do this.

Psalm 146. This psalm is the beginning of what are called the Hallelujah Psalms. This song points us to one, of many reasons, we should join in endless praise to our God. This psalm sings forth that our hope, our help, and our salvation does not come from man, but from God. 

Psalm 121. Undoubtedly everyone needs help in one way, shape, or form. When you find yourself in need, look first to God and preach to your heart and soul the amazing wonders of the God who keeps your salvation in Jesus Christ! Preach it to your friends in need! Preach it to a world longing to know that they have hope in their suffering and trials. 

Psalm 103. Well, like it or not, we are in a war. Satan will attack you today. And the front line battle almost always is our mind. This has been his tactic from the beginning. Our memory is quite forgetful. We forget who God is—whether he is good, kind, or even real. This psalm is a perfect opportunity to sharpen our swords for this battle. David is going to walk us through who God is as he demonstrates how to fight against the enemy in his mind.

Psalm 62. This psalm is not about any kind of hope that we could find here on earth. It’s about having hope amid the worst of trials here. It’s about the hope that we have when everything is going wrong and is only getting worse. This Psalm sings out the truth that God alone is our refuge because in him only do we find hope. Why? Because he gets the final word.

Psalm 1, Psalm 2, and Psalm 150. My goal this morning is to help give us all a broad context for the Psalms as we enter into this series. As we look at the character of God, we will see three things this morning: 

• The Psalms are all about knowing the person of God and how wonderful he is!

• Knowing God’s character means knowing God’s plan.

• God’s plan has always included his Messiah.

Acts 2:42-47. Devotion denotes a love, loyalty, and enthusiasm with which to live. The early church prioritized their time, energy, and money for this particular purpose: to live for God and make him known. To have a gospel community like these earliest Christians, we should endeavor to devote ourselves as they did.

Acts 2:36–41. Last week we focused on Peter’s first sermon where he convincingly argues to the Jews that the Jesus they just killed was in fact God in the flesh, the Messiah that was promised them from of old. Today, we’re going to look mainly at their response to Peter’s sermon—what it means to be “cut to the heart”, how we hear the call, and making the call to others.

Acts 2:22–36. We are going to look at Peter’s great sermon in Acts 2 and see how the Gospel—the good news of Jesus Christ—changes everything and, and what it requires of you and me. The good news of Jesus will bring you the only true joy you will ever have, if you will accept it!

Colossians 4:7-18. Today we will wrap up our series on the book of Colossians. And as we’re about to see, Paul closes his letter to the Colossians by first updating them in verses 7 through 9. Second, he closes his letter by greeting the Colossians in verses 10 through 14. And lastly, he exhorts the Colossians in verses 15 through 18. With each section we will be answering the question, “What do we learn from this about the Christian life?”

Colossians 4:2–6. Paul comes with a very simple plan for believers to begin to engage in evangelism. The plan is summarized very simply like this: “Let us pray to God and pursue him in order that we could make the best use of our time with unbelievers.” Paul wants us to pray to God and he wants us to pursue God so that when we have opportunities with non-believers, we make the best use of that time. We don’t have to be professionals. God doesn’t need you to feel like you have the perfect plan for evangelism. He simply wants you to be reliant. 

Colossians 3:18–4:1. As we look at this section within the context of Colossians and Scripture as a whole, I pray you will see three main points (in one sentence) directly from our text:

• Your identity is in Christ regardless of the role you have.

• However, your identity in Christ doesn’t erase your role(s), rather

• Your identity in Christ defines how you engage your role(s).

Colossians 3:1–17. Those who are united to Christ will put sin to death and live like Christ. What can help us put our sin to death? Paul tells us to seek the things that are above, where Christ is, and to set our minds on things above.