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  • The Parable Of The Wedding Feast Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jan 23, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 14,975 views

    The analysis of humility in Luke 14:7-11 teaches us the necessity of humility.

    Scripture With just a few months left to live, Jesus was on a journey from Galilee to Jerusalem where he would be crucified. Along the way, the religious leaders engaged him in verbal conflict. The religious leaders taught that to be a citizen of the kingdom of God one had to follow the rules of ...read more

  • No Soup For You

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Mar 5, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,650 views

    Anyone who has watched "Seinfield" on TV has probably heard the catch phrase "No soup for you." But Jesus tells a parable about a group of people who hear that catch phrase all to clear.

    Excuses. We all have them. We make excuses for our actions. We make excuses for our lack of actions. We make excuses for our words. Basically we are good at making excuses. The Metropolitan Insurance Company has published a list of the excuses they were given for auto accidents (1) “An ...read more

  • Jesus Is Watching You

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Mar 15, 2015
     | 7,951 views

    The less fortunate in our society need both our natural gifts and the dignity that comes with being acknowledged. They need the gift of our friendship, and we need them as well.

    When I was preparing my sermon for this morning, I couldn’t help but think of the Christmas song “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”. Now before you start thinking that I’ve been working too hard and need a vacation let me explain. There is a verse in that song that ties in ...read more

  • Table Etiquette In The Kingdom Of God

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 6, 2016
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,016 views

    This is God's work, and the order of priority in God's kingdom.

    TABLE ETIQUETTE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. Luke 14:1; Luke 14:7-14. One Sabbath, one of the chief Pharisees gave Jesus the courtesy of a dinner invitation. Jesus courteously accepted. Somewhat discourteously, the Pharisees were keeping their eye on Jesus (Luke 14:1). It was on this occasion, as ...read more

  • When Is It Right To Heal The Sick Series

    Contributed by Andy Moyle on Jun 15, 2016
     | 6,479 views

    At the leading Pharisees house Jesus deals with legalism, honour/shame and who is invited to the feast of the kingdom of God

    oday's meal with Jesus is the last he has with a Pharisee - so it's fitting its a chief Pharisee. It doesn't go well for the Pharisee, but it does for a man with dropsy. Dropsy is the old-fashioned name for oedema - water retention in the body often caused by kidney failure or heart problems skin ...read more

  • Eating Humble Pie And Loving It! Series

    Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Aug 13, 2016
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,436 views

    Jesus teaches a lesson on the Christian Virtue of Genuine Christ like Humility. He tells us that A. We can possess a life of humility. B. First we have to see ourselves realistically C. We have to see ourselves in Him - In Christ.

    Scripture: Luke 14:1-14 (cf. verses 7-11) Theme: Table Talks about Humility Title: Eating Humble Pie and loving it! Proposition: Jesus teaches a lesson on Humility. He tells us that 1. We can possess a life of humility. 2. First we have to see ourselves realistically 3. We have to see ...read more

  • What Is Humility And How Do We Get It?

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 20, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,803 views

    "Jesus did that to the extent of surrendering Himself to the Father’s will and dying on the cross for our salvation. You don’t get more other-centered than that."

    Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 2016 Almost forty years ago, the movie Alien frightened a couple of generations of Americans with its notion that a monster could grow inside someone’s chest and then burst out to cause death and destruction. But that notion was not new. Jesus ben Sira, ...read more

  • Dare To Be Humble

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Aug 28, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,019 views

    Jesus uses a couple of etiquette lessons to teach true humility. The point is simple (and repeated throughout scripture): If we lift ourselves up, God will put us down. If we lift others up, God will lift us up.

    Luke 14:1, 7-14 Dare to Be Humble The Duke of Wellington once haughtily drew himself up to his full height and thundered to one of his staff officers, “God knows I have many faults, but being wrong is not one of them!” The best of us struggle with pride from time to time. In ...read more

  • Rethinking Community

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Aug 29, 2016
     | 6,140 views

    Do Christians have a Christ-given responsibility towards the marginalized?

    Intro Our world has many marginalized people. The socially excluded lack access to housing, employment, healthcare, civic participation, and legal protection. Second class citizenship leads to poverty, crime, suicide, and drug addiction. The solution begins with something that Jesus taught, ...read more

  • Humility Brings Exaltation

    Contributed by William Baeta on Aug 29, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 38,272 views

    “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 14:11)

    Theme: Humility brings exaltation Text: Pr. 25:6-7; Heb. 13:1-8; Lk. 14:7-14 Introduction: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance”. (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4) There is also a ...read more

  • Growing The Family Of God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 16, 2017
     | 4,727 views

    There is a widespread effort within our culture to destroy the human family, and ultimately to dehumanize all of us, to turn us into commodities. But there is also hope for change.

    Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost 2017 From the epistle of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians: Brethren: I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth ...read more

  • Meal With A Pharisee, Etc. Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Oct 15, 2017
    based on 2 ratings
     | 16,829 views

    Jesus wasn’t in the dark about why He was invited to this dinner. But I have to admit that if a Pharisee had asked me to come to dinner for the purpose of spying on me, I would have refused.

    Jerusalem Lesson: Meal with a Pharisee Ruler Occasions Healing a Man with Dropsy; Parables of Ox, Best Places, and Great Supper Luke 14:1-24 Jesus Goes to Dinner at Home of Pharisee (Luke 14:1) And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the ...read more

  • Heart Speaks To Heart

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 2, 2018
     | 5,800 views

    St. Luke records that when Jesus began his ministry, he proclaimed that He was sent “to heal the brokenhearted, and proclaim deliverance to captives.”

    Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost 2018 Healing of the Heart When I was growing up in the fifties and early sixties, this Extraordinary Form Mass was everywhere the norm. So we heard this wonderful Gospel every year. But what is “dropsy”? Now we have the Internet and we can learn easily that dropsy ...read more

  • Jesus, The Friend Of Sinners

    Contributed by Curtis E. Nester on Sep 19, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,671 views

    Grumbling Pharisees are taught a lesson about loving the lost and what it is that makes Heaven rejoice.

    TITLE: Jesus, the Friend of Sinners TEXT: Luke 15:1-10 INTRO: Do you remember the nursery rhyme, Little Bo Peep? The rhyme says: "Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep And doesn’t know where to find them Leave them alone And they'll come home Wagging their tails behind them" But, lost things do ...read more

  • The Banquet Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Oct 25, 2016
     | 8,989 views

    Jesus' challenge to the host in Luke 14, that he should not invite those who could serve his needs but those whose needs he could serve, challenges the worldly approach to human relationships.

    Luke 14:1-14 "The Banquet" INTRODUCTION The word "Stewardship" has gained an ugly reputation in Christian circles. It is frequently associated with congregational pleas for more money. The word has lost its wholistic dimension. Stewardship, or if you prefer, good management is no longer ...read more