Stories That Get Under Your Skin (Mark 4; Luke 15)

MOTIVATE How many have been to the Grand Canyon? If so, you know that all you want to do is take pictures so you can show everyone how massive and amazing it looks. Yet, when people see the pictures, they can’t begin to even imagine why they call a canyon, “Grand.” You have to see…

The Father’s Heart For The Lost (Luke 15)

Luke 15:1-2 1  Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2  And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” MOTIVATE EXAMINE Jesus attracts crowds of people. Luke 15:3-7 3  So he told them this parable: 4  “What man of you, having…

Kingdom: Finding Joy (Luke 15)

Kingdom: Finding Joy         Luke 15 Luke 15:1-2 As we have seen in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus is drawing crowds from all manners of life; the religious the irreligious, saints and sinners, high class and the outcaste. His main audience is often those who are considered unwelcome and unwanted. But the religious Pharisees continually mutter (cf.5:30; 19:7;…