Series: Season after Pentecost

Jesus warns of wars, natural disasters, famines, and pestilence—signs marking the beginning of the end. Though no one knows the hour, we must neither look away nor become captivated by the destruction around us. Instead, He calls us to look through it all and fix our eyes on Him.

The Sadducees sought to tick Jesus with a question of the extreme and absurd. Jesus responds with a crucial insight from HIs knowledge of eternity and heaven…

Persistent Prayer is the Holy Spirit working in YOU to transform you into the image of Christ…

The story of Jesus healing the Ten Lepers tells us about the MASTER who Restores… the isolated, the alienated, the outcast and marginalized – back to community, friends, and family.

Forgiveness – it is bountiful in God’s grace. It overflows from us as we receive t. Forgiveness is to be shared – that is the joy and duty of a faithful servant.

A great chasm has been fixed between hell and heaven – the rich man learned he was too late!

Grace is NOT A Gamble – it’s already there, waiting to be given – freely. The Shrewd Manager teaches us how we should use unrighteous wealth to bless those around us…

In explaining what it takes to be a Disciple, Jesus makes it clear that the Demands are Impossible for man to meet on his own, but then offers the Radical Grace needed for the Holy Spirit to make a Christian into a disciple by the power of Faith in Christ and brings a renewal through daily living.

Based on the Scripture Texts for Pentecost 11 Series C.
Isaiah 66:18-23; Hebrews 12:4-24; LUKE 13:22-30
“Held in the Grip of Grace”