As Luke draws close to the conclusion of his book, he records Jesus’ words as he entrusted his followers with a message and mission. The message is the good news of forgiveness declared in the Scriptures and secured by Christ’s death and resurrection. The mission is global in scope, proclamational in nature, and empowered by…
It is our pleasure to have as our speaker this Lord’s Day, missionary Michael Carlyle.
Luke chose to begin his account of Jesus’ public ministry with his preaching tour in Galilee. This tour took him back to his hometown, Nazareth. In the synagogue there, Jesus’ closest friends and acquaintances heard him preach for the first time. His message and their response set the trajectory for the rest of the Gospel…
The gospel turns things inside out. Paul learned that victory comes in defeat, glory in humiliation, and joy in suffering. And so it is with us . . . . Martin Luther put it this way: “God creates out of nothing. Therefore until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.”
God is seeking the right kind of worshipers everywhere—through us.
