Coping with Foolish Rulers — Ecclesiastes 9:11 - 10:20

1. The anger of rulers

2. The advantage of realism

3. The anticipation of reversal

God Has Already Approved What You Do — Ecclesiastes 9:1-10
1. Judgment

2. Justification

3. Joy

The People Who Walked in Darkness — Ecclesiastes 7:15 - 8:17
1. Wickedness

2. Ignorance

3. Advent

Thank God for COVID— Ecclesiastes 6:1 - 7:14
1. The emptiness of life (6:2)

2. The lessons of life (7:2)

3. The Lord of life (7:13)

4. The meaning of life (7:14)

Money, Money, Money — Ecclesiastes 5:8-20
1. The love of money (verse 10)
2. The use of money (verse 13)
3. The enjoyment of money (verse 18)

How to worship — Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
1. Be careful (verse 1)

2. Be quiet (verse 2)

1. Boasting

2. Questioning

3. Vowing rashly

3. Be diligent (verse 4)

Was the Reformation a Big Mistake? — Romans 1:16-17
1. Not ashamed

2. The gospel

3. Power of God

4. Salvation

5. Everyone

6. Who believes

7. Jews and Gentiles

8. The righteousness of God

9. Faith alone

Life Under the Sun — Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:16
1. Injustice (3:16)
Solution: the Judge (3:17)

2. Death (3:19)
Solution: work (3:22)

3. Oppression (4:1)
Solution: the Comforter (4:1)

4. Envy (4:4)
Solution: contentment (4:6)

5. Pride (4:13)
Solution: community (4:12)

For Such a Time As This — Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
1. The Lord of Time

2. The Lifelong Task

3. The Lesson of Trust

Where Can Satisfaction Be Found?— Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26

1. Pleasure?

2. Wisdom?

3. Work?

The Forgiveness of Sins: the LORD will provide! — Genesis 22

1. The LORD's Test of Abraham

2. The LORD's Provision for Abraham

3. The LORD's Provision for Israel

4. The LORD's Provision for the World: the Seed of Abraham

Same Old, Same Old— Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

1. Qoheleth

2. Hebel

3. Toil

4. Under the sun

The Tribute Penny— Matthew 22:15-22
1. The Question (verse 17)

2. The Coin (verse 19)

3. The Challenge (verse 21)

Misunderstanding the Messiah— Luke 9:37-62
1. Powerless (verse 40)

2. Puzzled (verse 45)

3. Proud (verse 46)

4. Partisan (verse 49)

5. Payback (verse 54)

6. Prevaricating (verse 59)

7. Conclusion: Pentecost

Listen to Jesus!— Luke 9:28-36
1. Luke

2. Moses

3. Elijah

4. Jesus

5. Peter

6. Us

The Suffering Messiah— Luke 9:18-27

1. Identity

2. Suffering

3. Glory

The Feeding of the 5000— Luke 9:10-17

1. The setting

2. The problem

3. The solution

The 12-Year-old Girl and the 12-Year Illness— Luke 8:40-56
1. An urgent request
2. An unclean woman
3. An unexpected resurrection

A Legion Defeated— Luke 8:26-39

1. The possessed man

2. The evil demons

3. The unfortunate pigs

4. The fearful crowd

5. The perfect Savior

The Prophet Who Calmed a Storm — Luke 8:22-25

1. Getting on to the boat

2. Falling asleep

3. Waking up

4. Calming the storm

Sowers, Seeds, and Soils — Luke 8:1-21
1. Introduction: faithful discipleship (verses 1 – 3)
2. The parable: a picture of discipleship (verse 4 – 8)
3. The purpose of parables: the grace of discipleship (verses 9 – 10)
4. The meaning of the parable: true discipleship (verses 11 – 15)
5. Conclusion: public discipleship (verses 16 – 18)

Greater Than John the Baptist— Luke 7:18-35

1. The Messianic identity

2. The Messianic forerunner

3. The Messianic difference

A Great Prophet Has Arisen Among Us— Luke 7:11-17

1. Exhortation

2. Recapitulation

3. Anticipation

Faith and Authority— Luke 7:1-10
1. Worthiness
2. Faith
3. Authority

Generous Orthodoxy — Luke 6:37-49

1. Ourselves and others (verses 36 – 38)

2. Disciples and teachers (verses 39 – 40)

3. Beams and specks (verses 41 – 42)

4. Good fruit and bad fruit (verses 43 – 45)

5. Rock and sand (verses 46 – 49)

The Great Reversal— Luke 6:20-36

1. Blessing and cursing

2. Now and not yet

3. Giving and getting

4. God and his children

The Great Reversal— Luke 6:20-36

1. Blessing and cursing

2. Now and not yet

3. Giving and getting

4. God and his children

Jesus' Sympathy — Luke 6:17-19

1. Jesus Understands

2. Jesus Cares

3. Jesus Heals

4. Jesus Saves

Jesus Chooses Twelve Apostles — Luke 6:12-16

1. Jesus

2. Chooses

3. Twelve

4. Apostles

Jesus and the Sabbath — Luke 6:1-11

1. Eating on the Sabbath

2. Healing on the Sabbath

3. The Lord of the Sabbath

Jesus Grows Our faith — John 4:46-54

1. Introduction

2. Faith that relies on signs

3. Faith that takes Jesus at his Word

4. Faith that is reinforced by signs

5. Conclusion

A Prophecy of the Resurrection—Psalm 16

1. Refuge (verse 1)

2. Repudiation (verse 4)

3. Reward (verse 6)

4. Relationship (verse 8)

5. Resurrection (verse 10)

6. Rejoicing (verse 11)

The Solution to the World's Problems— Psalm 12
1. Three problems
a. Faithlessness (verse 1)
b. Lies (verse 2)
c. Pride (verses 3 – 4)
2. Three solutions
a. God's coming (verse 5)
b. God's Word (verse 6)
c. God's protection (verses 7 – 8)

Is Fasting Appropriate for Jesus' Disciples?— Luke 5:33-39

1. Jesus is with us

2. We are under the New Covenant

1. Authority over demons (verse 36)

2. Authority over sickness (verse 39)

3. Authority in his teaching (verse 32)

The Messiah Preaches His First Sermon— Luke 4:14-30

1. The Scripture

2. The Sermon

3. The Response

With the Devil in the Desert— Luke 4:1-15

1. Spirit-led solitude

2. Satan's seduction

3. Standing on the Scripture

Jesus' Family Tree— Luke 3:21-38

1. Jesus' Importance

2. Jesus' Humanity

3. Jesus' Sonship

Preaching Repentance— Luke 3:1-22

1. Introduction: Luke among the other gospels

2. What all the gospels have in common

3. Where Luke is unique

4. Conclusion: God is in the details

What Sort of Child Was Jesus?— Luke 2:39-52

1. A growing child (verse 40)

2. A divine child (verse 49)

3. A submissive child (verse 51)