Luke 4
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March 9, Lent 1 (Psalm 91:1–2, 9–16; Romans 10:8b–13; Luke 4:1–13)
God chooses to draw near—and to draw us out of ourselves.
A message from alongside (Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 4:21-30)
It is not just his words that make Jeremiah a prophet. It is his willingness to share in the judgment.
February 2, Epiphany 4C (Luke 4:21–30)
Jesus didn’t come to make us feel good.
January 26, Epiphany 3C (Luke 4:14-21)
When Jesus steps up to read the scroll, he comes home to a place of clarity.
What is worship for?
Surely God isn’t a narcissist who demands our attention.
Getting justice and getting it right
Stanley Hauerwas’s The Peaceable Kingdom at 40
Practicing abolitionist spirituality
What are we willing to sacrifice for racial justice?
March 6, Lent 1C (Luke 4:1-13)
The wilderness can be a frightening landscape that whispers from the shadows, “You’re all alone.”
Faithful, unimportant work (Luke 4:21-30)
Jesus refuses at every turn to do something important, the things his neighbors thought he should do when he grew up.
January 30, Epiphany 4C (1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30)
If Jesus is with the other guy, how can he be with us?
January 23, Epiphany 3 (Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21)
The word of God is living and active; it meets us where we are.
The temptation and other stories of desperation (Luke 4:1-13)
Jesus enacts the very things we humans have been unable to enact on our own.
March 10, Lent 1C (Luke 4:1-13)
Lent invites us to pay attention to our hunger.
A Jesus who can be hard to like (Luke 4:21-30)
What’s up with Luke’s assertive Jesus?
Grading Jesus’ first sermon (Luke 4:14-21)
As a homiletics professor, I would be inclined to give Jesus a passing grade, and not just because he is Jesus.
February 3, Epiphany 4C (Luke 4:21–30)
There’s a lot of urgency in that single word today.
February 3, Epiphany 4C (Luke 4:21–30)
There’s a lot of urgency in that single word today.
January 27, Epiphany 3C (Luke 4:14-21)
How would Norman Rockwell have painted Jesus' homecoming to Nazareth?
January 27, Epiphany 3C (Luke 4:14-21)
How would Norman Rockwell have painted Jesus' homecoming to Nazareth?
Having faith in God is better than being certain about God
We don't need arguments from the pulpit. We need living water.