Acts 9:1–20. There is a persecution that Scripture says we should expect and accept. It is a persecution that comes from the righteousness of Christ at work in us. We see this kind of persecution throughout Acts where those who are Christians on mission for the gospel of Jesus are attacked in different ways. We don’t always get to know what God is doing in persecution, but here in Acts 9, we see one thing God wanted to do in the midst of this persecution: save one of the most prolific evangelists and pastors our world has ever seen—Paul.

Acts 8:4–40. We say that God’s Promise is his Pleasure in Peoples on purpose because God is after the multifaceted display of his glory through many different people groups. And he does this by keeping his promise through the power of his Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:1–11. Today’s sermon is a more focused look at the spiritual gifts. We will see that first, the Holy Spirit is the Gift from God. Second, Spiritual Gifts are Unique Expressions through Unique People. Third, Expressions of the spiritual gifts give Glory to God and grace to us. Fourth, we should Pursue all of these expressions!

Acts 6:7–15, Acts 7:1–2a, 51–60, and Acts 8:1–4. The help we need to be a faithful witness is found in the Holy Spirit. He will help us bear witness to Jesus, to proclaim Christ’s death and resurrection, our only hope for salvation! As we seek to be faithful witnesses, we are not ultimately responsible for how others respond to the gospel. Jesus is judge.

Acts 2:1–41. The Holy Spirit descends onto the people at Pentecost, and as Peter explains what is happening, he turns the spotlight to Christ. And the reason that Peter turns there is because Christ is what makes the coming of the Holy Spirit so different this time. Now the Messiah has come. He has died and rose again. And now he has ascended and is seated at the right hand of God. The Holy Spirit’s job is to point to this now risen Lord.

Acts 1:1–11. The book of Acts is about the Holy Spirit empowering his people to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people with all boldness and without hindrance. The gospel will go forth to the ends of the earth, and we play a part in that through our helper, the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 4:11–16. Discipleship is essentially this, “I’m just a beggar telling another beggar where to find bread.” Discipling someone else means that I’m trying to help them grow in their faith and to move a bit further down the road toward living a life that points to Jesus.

Luke 24:1–10. There is no middle ground. Christians are not just weird. We are either to be pitied, or we are right.

Luke 23:26–49. Don’t run past the death of Jesus. Don’t miss Jesus’s mission. See the grotesqueness of our sin in light of a Savior on the cross. Know that Jesus is for you, even to your end. And come wanting more—for his death leaves us wanting and needing hope.

Luke 9:51; 19:28–41. Jesus knew where his ministry was going to end up, and what it would look like. There was no happenstance, no mistakes, no moments where Jesus was taken aback by what occurred. He knew where he was headed, the path it would take, and the cost of that moment.

Luke 18:15–19:10. Have you made your receiving of the kingdom of God too complicated? Do you think there are countless books to read, confessions to memorize, nuanced theological points that you need to have settled before you can have faith in Jesus?

Luke 17:20–37. Jesus will be returning, and his return will be much different than his first coming. Jesus will come back in a spectacular way, suddenly, and bring separation.

Luke 17:1–10, 11–19. As we have been preaching through Luke, we have talked a lot about who Jesus is, and we have said that Jesus is the Son of God who came in power and authority to empower his people through the cross. Today, we're going to see what it means to be a follower of this man, to follow the Son of God. We are going to see, as followers of Jesus, we are dependent on grace.

Luke 9:28–45. We’ve been asking the question in our Luke series, “Who is this Jesus?” And we’ve found that Jesus is the Son of God come in authority and power to save his people through the cross. In this section of Luke 9, God gives a complete understanding and demonstration of who Jesus is and commands the disciples appropriately. 

Luke 9:18–27. We’ve been asking the question in our Luke series, “Who is this Jesus?” And we’ve found that Jesus is the Son of God come in authority and power to save his people through the cross. This section of Luke 9 is soaked in expectations of who Jesus is. Jesus, however, centers his mission on the cross, but he also centers the lives and expectations of all his disciples forever on the cross as well.

Luke 9:1–17. We’ve been exploring the question, “Who is this Jesus?” And we’ve seen that Jesus is the Son of God come in authority and power to save and empower his people through the cross. And as Christians, we are left with the charge: “Return to your home and declare how much God has done for you.” (Luke 8:39) What we see today is that Jesus unpacks how we are to do that: in his power in utter dependence! He has empowered us to take this message forth to the entire world.

Luke 8:22–39. We are headed somewhere—a reality of who Jesus is. And we would say it this way: Jesus, the Son of God, came in authority and power to save and empower His people through the cross. Do you fear Jesus, and what does that fear look like?

Luke 16:1–15. In this passage, we are covering one of the more complicated parables of Jesus. Listen to some of the titles we've given to this parable: “the dishonest manager”, “the unjust steward,'' even “the unrighteous servant”. Just in light of those titles, we've got to wonder what Jesus is going to commend from this parable. As we get to verse 9, we will see that Jesus zeros in on one of his applications—“Make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth.” We will see from this text that we can serve God with our money, but we can’t serve God and money. We can use our money for godly, eternal goals, but we cannot love God and money. And loving God will satisfy, while money will leave us empty.

Luke 15:1–32. Jesus tells the Pharisees and the scribes three parables, all about the sinners and those who are lost. The three truth’s that Jesus shares are meant to shape the way we think about the lost sinners we know. And they beg the question: Are you seeking the lost that you might rejoice with God?

Luke 13:18–30 and Luke 14:25–35. Even when it may not look like it, Jesus is building and expanding his Kingdom with his disciples. Jesus is building a Kingdom of disciples, and we should strive to enter through relationship with Jesus! Jesus’s disciples are to count the cost to enter his Kingdom—it will be everything. A disciple can be useless and of no value to the Kingdom. Let us delight that we have been called as disciples into the Kingdom of Jesus! Let us come to him thankful that we have a role to play in this magnificent plan of God’s as a disciple creating disciples.