Great Faith or Great God

Luke 17:5-6

 

The Prodigal Son Suite

 Tomorrow's sermon is from Luke 15:11-32. I cannot help but have this song in my head during my preparation: 

Keith Green - The Prodigal Son Suite

Not to be considered casually...

Darrel Bock on Luke 14:26 - 

"Jesus spares no one who claims to have a disciples commitment. The desire to come to Jesus is a good one, but it is not to be considered casually."

Commentary on Luke Volume 2, Baker Exegetical Commentary by Darrell Bock

Parables Will Do A Thing More Bold

Here is a piece of poetry inspired by Luke 8:4-15. I wrote this as I was studying for my upcoming sermon that I will be preaching on Sunday, October 24th, 2021, on this passage. 

The stories that our Savior told,
unlike sweet scripts from modern fold
those pictures that our preachers mold,
parables will do a thing more bold.

Good preachers like to make it clear,
but Jesus would those secrets steer
only to hearts that have an ear:
parables are heard by those who hear.

Sown seed: God's Word, so rest assured
a heart that's hard is what's referred
when on trodden path lands the word,
parables are snatched up by a bird.

To stony ground some seed will fly

start quickly, growing toward the sky

no root is there so by and by
parables in shallow hearts will die.

On thorny ground with weeds in play

overgrown lusts put on display

with other loves fed day by day

parables will soon get choked away

But many seeds land in good soil

take root and grow without recoil

the sower cares not for wearied toil

parables will not always spoil.

Good dirt has room for seed's new shoot

tilled, watered, and manured suit

so in the heart God's Word takes root

parables produce abundant fruit.

Dual purpose: sown word to the field.

For many its truth has been concealed,

but those who have produced a yield

parables were God's word revealed.

I hope this is helpful and enlightening.

Luke 5 for Edgewood

 Luke 5 for Edgewood: Read by Pastor Matt

Luke 5

Luke 5:1-11 for Sunday

The scripture that we (at Edgewood Church) will be covering on Sunday, April 4, 2021 will be Luke 5:1-11. Listen to me (Pastor Matt) read through this portion of scripture in preparation for church tomorrow. 

No. 17 in Luke - Jesus' Authority - Luke 4:31-44

 Listen to the sermon from Edgewood Church on March 28, 2021:

Harmless Thoughts Podcast Episode 21

Episode Number 21 

This is the First "Saturday Unscripted" Episode!

Proverb of the Day is Proverbs 12:1 

    [1] Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, 

    but he who hates reproof is stupid. (ESV) 

Main Topic: Sermon Prep on Luke 3:1-22 (https://esv.to/Luke3:1-22).

two souls meet

 

Luke 1:39–45

[39] In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, [40] and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. [41] And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, [42] and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! [43] And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? [44] For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. [45] And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” (ESV)

The Paradox of Blessedness

 

“It is the paradox of blessedness that it confers on a person at one and the same time the greatest joy in all the world and the greatest task in all the world.”

~William Barclay (Commentary on Luke)