Luke's gospel provides an authorized biography of Jesus Christ focusing on his humanity. Unlike the other gospel writers, Luke was not an eyewitness but examined Jesus as fully human and God. He captures Jesus' human sensitivity and compassion for human suffering, showing he understands human existence. Luke wrote his gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile, to convince him of Jesus' identity as the Jewish Messiah and Son of God by explaining unfamiliar Jewish customs and the meaning of Jesus' parables.
Week 2 (Peace) of The Heart Has a Home in the Living Room at East Petersburg ...jeffmclain
In our most popular stories, people are always – either physically or metaphorically – wondering from home, coming back home or feeling at home. A homecoming is the deployed soldier's nightly dream, the team’s big day, and the prodigal’s greatest act of courage. And this theme of “home” runs deeply throughout the Scriptures, map out out the path of the human heart as we start at home, wander in exile, then finally commence our return home. Home. Exile. Return. This is the way of the human heart in the biblical narrative. Have you ever noticed that, when compared to the other Gospels, the Gospel of John gets so little attention during the Christmas Season? John, known as the ‘Beloved Apostle,’ does not begin his telling of the life of Jesus with a birth narrative, a documentation of His lineage or anything that resembles a “hark the herald angels sing” moment.
There are few Christmas plays that attempt to bring the cosmic metaphors of John 1 to the stage; Matthew, Mark, and Luke get top billing as children dress up in the shepherds’ robes, angels’ gowns, and cow costumes, all to reenact the vivid scenes of the nativity. Instead, John brings his Christmas story with what amounts to a retelling of Genesis!
That is where we pick up in Week 2, This first Sunday of Advent. The Heart Comes Home – To Peace.
Week 2 (Peace) of The Heart Has a Home in the Living Room at East Petersburg ...jeffmclain
In our most popular stories, people are always – either physically or metaphorically – wondering from home, coming back home or feeling at home. A homecoming is the deployed soldier's nightly dream, the team’s big day, and the prodigal’s greatest act of courage. And this theme of “home” runs deeply throughout the Scriptures, map out out the path of the human heart as we start at home, wander in exile, then finally commence our return home. Home. Exile. Return. This is the way of the human heart in the biblical narrative. Have you ever noticed that, when compared to the other Gospels, the Gospel of John gets so little attention during the Christmas Season? John, known as the ‘Beloved Apostle,’ does not begin his telling of the life of Jesus with a birth narrative, a documentation of His lineage or anything that resembles a “hark the herald angels sing” moment.
There are few Christmas plays that attempt to bring the cosmic metaphors of John 1 to the stage; Matthew, Mark, and Luke get top billing as children dress up in the shepherds’ robes, angels’ gowns, and cow costumes, all to reenact the vivid scenes of the nativity. Instead, John brings his Christmas story with what amounts to a retelling of Genesis!
That is where we pick up in Week 2, This first Sunday of Advent. The Heart Comes Home – To Peace.
Choosing the Life of Joy_ Joy in HumilityStephen Palm
In Philippians 2:1-11 we see the great example of Jesus' humility. Whereas the pagan world viewed humility as a vice, Christianity exalted humility to the status of a virtue of the highest order. This sermon also focuses on the Philippian hymn and explores the meaning of the Greek word "kenosis". It is suggested that Jesus did not divest Himself of any aspect of His heavenly nature. The kenosis is understood as Jesus adding humanity to His divine nature, rather than subtracting some part or privilege of His deity from His nature. Finally, we will focus on the purpose of this "kenosis", an exercise of humility that paved the way for our redemption and Jesus' exaltation.
This is the adult Sunday school lesson for Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup, Washington October 18, 2020.
For more resources from Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup and Pastor Marvin McKenzie, visit https://www.bbcpuyallup.org or marvinmckenzie.org.
This is the adult Sunday school lesson for Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup, Washington April 11, 2021.
For more resources from Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup and Pastor Marvin McKenzie, visit bbcpuyallup.org or marvinmckenzie.org.
Choosing the Life of Joy_ Joy in HumilityStephen Palm
In Philippians 2:1-11 we see the great example of Jesus' humility. Whereas the pagan world viewed humility as a vice, Christianity exalted humility to the status of a virtue of the highest order. This sermon also focuses on the Philippian hymn and explores the meaning of the Greek word "kenosis". It is suggested that Jesus did not divest Himself of any aspect of His heavenly nature. The kenosis is understood as Jesus adding humanity to His divine nature, rather than subtracting some part or privilege of His deity from His nature. Finally, we will focus on the purpose of this "kenosis", an exercise of humility that paved the way for our redemption and Jesus' exaltation.
This is the adult Sunday school lesson for Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup, Washington October 18, 2020.
For more resources from Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup and Pastor Marvin McKenzie, visit https://www.bbcpuyallup.org or marvinmckenzie.org.
This is the adult Sunday school lesson for Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup, Washington April 11, 2021.
For more resources from Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup and Pastor Marvin McKenzie, visit bbcpuyallup.org or marvinmckenzie.org.
This is a verse by verse commentary on Acts chapter 1 dealing with Jesus spending 40 days with his Apostles, and then rising into heaven. Two angels appear and tell them He will come again in a like manner. They go on to elect Matthias as an Apostle to take the place of Judas who has hanged himself.
From Jesus Across the Gospels
Professor: Pastor Daryl Cox
All Nations Leadership Institute
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Session 07 New Testament Overview - Gospel of LukeJohn Brooks
Session 07 New Testament Survey Class
Overview of the Gospel of Luke
Based on material from:
Capitol Hill Baptist Church
525 A Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
An introduction to Jesus for Unitarian Universalists, religious liberals, the spiritual but not religious, progressive Christians, skeptics, seekers, "Nones" and others.
Session 03 New Testament Overview - Introduction to the GospelsJohn Brooks
Session 03 New Testament Survey Class
Introduction to the Gospels
Based on material from:
Capitol Hill Baptist Church
525 A Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
3. Luke’s gospel can be considered
an “authorized biography” of our
Lord Jesus
Christ. Unlike the
other three gospel writers, Luke
was not an insider. He had not
seen Jesus’ miracles or heard Him
teach, nor did he see Him after
the Resurrection. Luke had to rely
on other resources for his written
account. But Luke examined the
life of Jesus as the “God-man,”
more than the other gospel
writers. The humanity of Jesus’
was the primary focus of Luke.
4. For Luke, Jesus was not just God
pretending to be human; He was
fully human. He came from heaven
to pay the sin death for all
humanity. Therefore, He had to die
as a human. Jesus lived in the real
world with all its pain, sorrow and
disappointment. Luke presents
Jesus as a man moved to
compassion by human suffering.
From His own personal
experience, He knows what human
existence is all about. Luke
captured this human sensitivity
through his gospel.
5. Luke’s gospel is written to an
unknown person named Theophilus.
His purpose in writing was to
convince Theophilus of the truth of
the things he had heard about Jesus
being the Jewish Messiah and the
Son of God. Luke, being a Gentile
like Theophius, adjusted his account
of Jesus’ ministry and purpose by
explaining
to
his
reader
the
meaning
of
unfamiliar
Jewish
customs. This was important to the
Greek
understanding
of
the
parables of Jesus.
6. WHAT CAN WE LEARN?
• How Jesus sets the example for
treatment of minorities
• The importance of compassion
and concern for children
• Being a neighbor applies to
more than just our
neighborhood
• Forgiveness of the public
disgraced has far reaching
affect
7. FINAL THOUGHT
When
Jesus
was
crucified,
Theophilus may have questioned
the validity of Jesus being God
in the flesh. He may have
doubted that Christianity could
survive when its Founder died
such a shameful death?” The
Acts of the Apostle was written
by Luke to put to rest any doubt
and fear that may have come to
Theophilus’ mind. The gospel of
Luke was the rest of the story.