Our role is to imitate the pattern of Jesus’ life in our own. Luke 6:12-26 shows that Jesus gave Himself to prayer, people, and proclamation. Are you giving yourself to the same task?

The Pharisees turned the Sabbath day into a burden, when it was always supposed to be a blessing. This sermon from Luke 6:1-11 shows how Jesus responds to their accusations. Who are you letting determine what is right and wrong in your f...

Who is Jesus? Who is this man? Who is this savior? Luke 5:27-39 reveals Jesus’ purpose and what He has come to do. Just as with a new wineskin, you would not return to the old, may we remember that Christ makes us new, so we are to kill ...

We have a Savior who is both willing and able. Listen as we walk through Luke 5:12-26 to see how He lived this out. 

John 13:35 says that they will know we are Jesus’ disciples by our love. What are some other marks of a faithful follower of Jesus? Luke 5:1-11 highlights four examples. 

There is only one who has all authority: Jesus Christ. Luke 4:31-44 gives us four examples of His authority and how we should respond to Him. 

The Jews had been waiting for the promised Messiah. They had a picture in their mind of what they expected Him to be. So what kind of Messiah was Jesus? Luke 4:16-30 highlights four traits about Him and asks listeners to respond to two q...

The devil tempts Jesus in the wilderness in Luke 4:1-15. He attacks His identity, bargains for His worship, and tempts His trust. But where Israel, Adam, and we today fail, Jesus has already won. 

The question lingering in the minds of the people before Jesus was, “Who is the Christ?” Luke answers this in two ways in Luke 3:21-38. Jesus is the Christ simply because God says so and because He is uniquely qualified. 

Luke continues his theme of showing that no matter who you are, you can be used to do great things in the kingdom of God. In Luke 3:1-20, John the Baptist prepares the way for the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Through this passage, we find that...

When Jesus is presented at the temple in Luke 2:21-40, He encounters Simeon and Anna. These two interactions reveal seven truths about Jesus, even when He is still just a baby. 

Luke 2:1-20 takes us through the greatest gift of all time, the birth of our Savior. How should we respond?

The birth of John the Baptist and Zechariah’s Prophecy in Luke 1:57-80 show that timing in God’s economy is rarely the same as ours. It is often mysterious, but it is always gracious. His timing always keeps His promises in such a way th...

In Luke 1:26-56, Gabriel announces the coming of another child, the Son of the Most High, to Mary, where she responds in faith, visits Elizabeth, and gives her magnificat. How do we apply this passage to current day? Pastor Michael Taylo...

After 400 years of silence, God finally speaks. Gabriel comes to Zechariah and Elisabeth to announce the coming of their child, who will pave the way for the Messiah. Luke 1:5-25 is the story of a great announcement to end a season of si...

Luke’s gospel doesn’t begin with the days of Herod and the birth of Jesus, as most people think. He starts with a dedication to Theophilus and notes that his narrative has been carefully put together so “that you may have certainty concerning t...

When pain hits, our reflex is to pull away. May the process of lament become the reflexive language when you are in moments of pain. Instead of recoiling, may you go to and trust in the Father. Lamentations 5 is an example of turning tow...

Sometimes, when we are wounded, before healing can actually begin, the wound has to be cleaned out. Cleaning up wounds often brings about pain. Healing cannot happen without purity, and purity only comes through dealing with the impure. Are you...

When Jeremiah wrote “the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness,” he wrote it in the middle of rubble, ruins, and heartache. Lamentations 3 paints...

The book of Lamentations is about the question of how. The past four sermons have shown us what it means and how actually to lament. The next four weeks cover what we learn from lament. God doesn’t just offer us the opportunity to lament to Him...

The final step of lamenting is making the choice to trust God. Who God is is more important than the what or why of the situation. When we turn to God in the middle of lamenting, hurt, grief, and pain may stay, but it gives way to trust and wor...

In lament, you can move from despair to hope without the despair being removed. The God of the Bible works in the midst of your gloom and despair. So ask boldly for Him to move. David cries out to God in anguish in Psalm 22, with words t...

God invites your questions and complaints. Express your sorrow, fear, frustration, or confusion to Him. Psalm 10 provides an example of lamenting, offering a place to take your complaints. Biblical lament gives you a place to turn a...

Lament walks us through the theological realities of this real world of suffering and a belief in a good, sovereign, and all powerful God. The first step of lament is to keep praying. But why should we? Pastor Michael Taylor gives five reasons ...

Biblical lament is not a depressing dive into sadness, but a mechanism to cope with it while persevering in the hope we have through Jesus Christ. In this first sermon in the series, Pastor Michael Taylor explores what biblical lament is and wh...