Sermons on San Lucas 14:30:

What's Wrong With Jesus

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 28, 2019

The problems and issues that people had with Jesus in the first century are the same problems and issues we have today. Jesus is simply out of step with the times.

What’s Wrong With Jesus January 27, 2018 Luke 14:25-35 John 6:60-66 If you were to ask some people what’s wrong with Jesus, you might get responses such as 1) He’s too narrow-minded, 2) He can’t be the Son of God), 3) He expects too much of people, 4) He offends people, and 5) He’s no ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-35, John 6:60-66

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Las Exigencias Del Discipulado

Contributed by Carlos Kleber Maia on Nov 16, 2018

Sermón predicado en la Iglesia Asamblea de Dios en Galinhos / RN, Brazil.

Las Exigencias Del Discipulado Texto: Lucas 14.25-33 Tema central: Los cristianos deben cumplir las exigencias de Cristo para ser sus discípulos. Introducción Cristo tuvo un ministerio corto, pero de gran impacto. Algunas veces, el texto bíblico deja claro que grandes multitudes lo seguían. En ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Hyperbole

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Aug 31, 2020

Jesus gets the people's attention by exaggerating his statements.

Personal Illustration: I had to have a tooth removed last Thursday. It took me FOREVER to get an appointment. Once I got there and got back in the room where they were going to extract my tooth I felt like I was in an operating room not a dentist office. I remember back in the ‘80’s when I got ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33, 1 John 4:7-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

We Are His Disciples Series

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Jun 15, 2020

Our desire should be to be like Christ, to follow in His footsteps, to see the world as He sees the world, to conform to His likeness. We have a word for it, we call it being a disciple. We are called to be His disciples.

Who are we in Christ? We have been looking at this pretty much since Easter. We considered that “in Christ” we are a new creation. All the old has passed away and before God, all has become new! Being in Christ, we represent Him to the world, we have become His ambassadors. We have the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:57-62, Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Baptist

Count The Cost - Move Forward

Contributed by Imelda Mesa on Dec 30, 2018

Jesus requires total commitment and singularity of focus from his followers.

Good morning everyone. Welcome to Church. I trust that you had a wonderful Christmas celebration with your families, friends, and loved ones. I also hope that you took that time to have a meaningful conversation with them about the essence of Jesus’ birth, his peace, his joy, his love, his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-31

Denomination: Foursquare

Are We Telling It Like It Really Is?

Contributed by Byron Perrine on Jul 9, 2019

Here is my adaptation of a sermon contributed by Tim Zingale, Sermon Central, Sept. 2007, "The Rabbit". The focus of my adaptation is the declining vitality of the universal Christian church resulting from having lost sight of Christ, the cornerstone of God's redemptive church.

(If you have found this sermon helpful, please visit us at www.HeritageRestorationProject.org or www.ChristianWisdom.info) One day, a young disciple of Christ who wanted to become everything that God had in mind for him visited the home of an elderly Christian seeking his advice. He had heard that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: United Methodist

Jesus Talking Tough

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Sep 1, 2016

Let’s examine Luke 14:25-33 and the cost of being a disciple.

Intro If church size is more important than faithfulness to Jesus, then here are 5 ways to build a mega church. 1) Promise that obedience to Jesus will improve your worldly stature. 2) Promise that people will not have to carry their own cross, because Jesus did. 3) Tell them not to use their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Baptist

The Cost Of Following Jesus Series

Contributed by Jason Duhon on May 3, 2023

It isn’t easy to follow Christ. There are costs and benefits. Today, we examine the price we pay to follow Jesus.

It was forty days after the resurrection of the Messiah Jesus. His disciples had been marveling at all that had happened. His death turned their world upside down. With the earthquake that coincided with his passing and the temple’s veil having been torn, there were reports throughout Jerusalem of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20, Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Baptist

Count The Cost Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 18, 2025

If you want Jesus to teach you how to change your world, rank Him first in your life, risk your life for Him, renounce all you have, and remain committed to Him.

Men in Black is a comedy about two special agents who work for Men in Black, an underground agency created to protect earth from dangerous extraterrestrials. In this scene, Agent K (played by Tommy Lee Jones) tries to recruit a New York City cop (played by Will Smith) to the agency. Take a look ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-35, Matthew 5:13

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Take Up Your Cross

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 11, 2025

Jim Eliot, once famously wrote in his diary on 28th October 1949: “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose” . And Jesus says something similar in this morning's Gospel reading

Lk 14:25-33 Take up your cross and follow me Jim Eliot, an American missionary who was killed on 8th January 1956 taking the Gospel to the Waodani people in Ecuador - once famously wrote in his diary on 28th October 1949: “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep To gain that which he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Anglican

How To Avoid Being A Disciple Of Jesus Series

Contributed by Joel Gilbert on Oct 20, 2025

As Jesus continues his journey toward Jerusalem, he makes some statements that reveal just how costly discipleship is.

The Internet is full of information on how people can do certain things: How to repair a specific broken belt on a lawn mower How to balance a budget How to cook a dish How to pay for college There is also a ton of information on how to avoid certain things: How to avoid debt How to avoid phishing ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-35, Luke 12:15, Luke 9:23-25, Matthew 5:13, Luke 6:35, Mark 6:46, Acts 8:21  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

The Consequences Of Regretting Our Choices. Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Mar 8, 2024

May we find peace in God's presence, strength in His guidance, and hope in His redemption.

We've all made decisions that, regretting our choices in life. In hindsight, we wish we could undo or do differently. But as Christians, how should we approach these regrets? In Luke 14:28-30, Jesus teaches us to count the cost before making a decision. He says, "For which of you, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:28-30, Proverbs 20:22, Psalm 23:4

The Church Mission

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Mar 10, 2024

The church is failing in its mission to preach and teach the Gospel to every nation, people, and tongue as Jesus commanded, because we are busy preaching feel-good prosperity-based messages.

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20, Luke 14:25-33, Philippians 2:9-11, Matthew 21:42-43, Romans 10:14-15  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Essence Of Obedience

Contributed by Efren V. Narido on Mar 31, 2024

We have our own idea of what the essence of obedience is. But, according to Jesus, just what is it?

“Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, ’If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-35

Denomination: Baptist

Should I Say Yes Or Should I Say No

Contributed by Abiodun Adeniyi on Apr 22, 2025

Marriage negotiation can be a very risky venture because no one knows tomorrow. We can only as human make some subjective and objective projections and calculation which in the end may not be accurate.

SHOULD I SAY YES OR SHOULD I SAY NO? MARRIAGE SEMINAR FOR THE YOUTHS AND THE MARRIED. TEXT: LK. 14:28-30 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:28-30

Denomination: Pentecostal